The Access Denied Map does not aim to index all kinds of web filtering, but rather to provide an overview of online censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 websites. This project also tracks and explore the relationships between anti-censorship groups in different parts of the world who are collaborating to defend the right to access web 2.0 tools and websites.
The 403 Access Denied Checker has been designed to help activists in nations with extensive online censorship to test local blockages. The software aims to make it easy for any one to quickly check a huge number of URLs and share the result with the public. Its main goal is help get feedback for people with no access to experts, who are living under repressive regimes.
French politicians have rejected a bill proposing that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the Internet. Read more here
The government’s climbdown on a central communications database is welcome, says Ian Brown. But plans are still afoot to gather more and more Internet users’ details
(more…)