Pakistan Reported U-Turns on Net Censorship
Authorities in Pakistan caused controversy worldwide last week, when details of its plans to implement a system of censorship were revealed. An tender for the project, aimed at restricting access…
Blog Archives for the tag censorship
Google Reminds Us That It Supports Free Expression
Freedom of expression is a massive topic of discussion, especially on the Internet. At what point can a company that provides communication tools step in and remove or censor something?…
Reporters Without Borders asks Twitter to Reverse Censorship
Yesterday, Twitter announced that it would be censoring tweets moving forward, based on laws where the tweet originated from. Along with the hashtag streams of #TwitterCensored and #TwitterBlackout, which are…
Senator Schumer Reps Make Statement About Internet Censorship
Today, we wrote about a phone call made by New York entrepeneur Amanda Peyton due to her concerns about the proposed PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). She called the office of…
Egyptian Sentenced to Prison for FB Post
Ayman Yousef Mansour has become the second Egyptian, since the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak, to be sentenced to 3 years in jail for online self-expression. Unlike Maikel Nabil…
WTF? Why is TNW blocked in Iran?
For reasons we’re not entirely sure of, it turns out that The Next Web itself is one of the latest sites to fall prey to government censorship. As it turns…
Juan Williams Firing Sparks Outrage
“I will no longer accept interview requests from NPR as long as they are going to practice a form of censorship,” said former Arkansas governor and Fox News talk show…
