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Polish public administration websites are attacked by hackers after the government passes the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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China's Internet users hit the 500 million mark; big tech companies oppose Indian High Court's ruling on content censorship; Wikipedia shuts down in protest of SOPA/PIPA; SOPA and PIPA lose support from Congress members after public outcry pressures reps to rethink the bills.
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As China officially surges ahead of the 500-million mark in terms of people using the Internet, many wonder whether the government can really sustain their tight grip on online content.
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Already a Twitter celebrity within days of creating an account, Rupert Murdoch took to the Twittersphere by criticizing Obama and Google for opposing SOPA/PIPA and for supporting piracy.
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The Iranian government steps up restrictions on Internet café use just in time for the country's legislative elections in March.
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Delhi's High Court recently warned American Internet companies to start filtering their content, threatening to block the sites if they do not abide by Indian requests to censor content. In the court order, Justice Suresh Kait drew a direct comparison between India and China.
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Six senators ask to cancel the Senate's vote on the PIPA bill, citing the need for revisions to the copyright infringement proposal. Simultaneously, Texan senator Lamar Smith, one of the co-authors of the SOPA proposal has been found in violation of the very online copyright infringement he seeks to criminalize.
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Categories: Asia,
India,
Iran,
Legislation,
Middle East and North Africa (MENA),
Obscenity,
Surveillance,
Take-down,
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United States of America,
United States/Canada
NetCoalition companies consider an Internet blackout to protest SOPA; more domain suffixes become available, stirring concerns about increasing scams and hate groups; India's High Court threatens to censor Google and Facebook just like China's government; Iran steps up harsher restrictions on Internet activity.
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Iran implements stricter controls on blogs, comments, and text messages for a "clean, national" Internet; SOPA loses support from Nintendo, Sony, and other tech giants; Spain enforces the Sinde Law, which aims to crack down on file-sharing sites.
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Charles Ingabire, online editor for a Rwandan news site, was recently shot and killed in Uganda. Some believe that his murder was linked to his criticism of Rwandan president Paul Kagame's regime.
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Categories: Europe,
France
An IP address associated with the French presidential residence has been linked to six instances of illegal downloading, including of the film Tower Heist and the Beach Boys' Greatest Hits album.
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Kazakhstan's president orders a disabling of Internet and mobile communications in a city where 10 have been killed in a civilian-police clash.
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The OpenNet Initiative is pleased to announce that all three of our edited volumes—Access Denied, Access Controlled, and the newly released Access Contested—are now collected together online.
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Two Egyptian bloggers face legal action; an Rwandan online journalist is murdered in Uganda; a Syrian blogger is charged with inciting sectarian strife in the country.
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The Chinese government compares Internet rumors to porn and gambling; Russian websites undergo a large-scale DDoS attack during the country's elections; the Indian government asks social media companies to prescreen user content before publishing; Freedom House supports the Global Online Freedom Act.
China's Internet users hit the 500 million mark; big tech companies oppose Indian High Court's ruling on content censorship; Wikipedia shuts down in protest of SOPA/PIPA; SOPA and PIPA lose support from Congress members after public outcry pressures reps to rethink the bills.
The Iranian government steps up restrictions on Internet café use just in time for the country's legislative elections in March.
NetCoalition companies consider an Internet blackout to protest SOPA; more domain suffixes become available, stirring concerns about increasing scams and hate groups; India's High Court threatens to censor Google and Facebook just like China's government; Iran steps up harsher restrictions on Internet activity.
Iran implements stricter controls on blogs, comments, and text messages for a "clean, national" Internet; SOPA loses support from Nintendo, Sony, and other tech giants; Spain enforces the Sinde Law, which aims to crack down on file-sharing sites.
Two Egyptian bloggers face legal action; an Rwandan online journalist is murdered in Uganda; a Syrian blogger is charged with inciting sectarian strife in the country.
