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Oz net censorship apparatus to target BitTorrentOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags australian, internet, censorship, bittorrent, p2p,
"The national web censorship apparatus being built by the Australian government will also include technology to restrict peer-to-peer traffic..." read more »
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IWF rethinks its roleOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 26 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags iwf, internet, censorship, government, wikipedia, change,
John Ozimek writes, "Anger at aborted attempts by net censor, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to block material hosted on Wikipedia earlier this week may lead to radical changes in the way the o read more »
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Activists say China's online censorship is worseningOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 199 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags activists, china, online, censorship, worsening, olympics, internet, chinese, journalists, zhang yu, suppression,
With the Olympics drawing near China is tightening its control over the internet. China has always been very cautious about internet access. Just over a month ago China admitted that it will not be read more »
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Internet censorship and mission creepOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 225 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags internet, censorship, mission, creep, , , , , , , ,
Wendy M. Grossman reports on CFP 2008. In this particular article, on the state of internet censorship/freedom on the internet and the abuse of both. read more »
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The Censors Take Down YouTube and Google News in China. How Will Google Respond?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 296 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags google, youtube, china, tibet, censorship, , , , , , ,
Erick Schonfeld reports that Google News and YouTube have both been blocked by the Chinese government in an effort to keep its citizens from seeing news about the current Tibetan unrest. Schonfeld qu read more »
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Beijing's Olympian censorship machine laid bare.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 453 days ago (http://www.theregister.co.uk)
Category: internet | Tags beijing, china, olymics, censorship, , , , , , , ,
China is known for its censorship, in this article by Chris Williams, one learns a little more about just how systematic internet censorship is. read more »
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