Indonesia struggles to try and stop pornographic content from reaching its citizens.

On July 29th, Reporters Sans Frontiers reported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrested one BlackBerry user, detained another, and are pursuing five activists.

Despite the press attention being thrown at the China/Google relationship, there has been another issue in China brewing a little more subtly in the background that may cause further open access issues in a nation already struggling with Internet freedom.

Outrage and concern finally boiled over in Istanbul on Saturday as thousands took to the streets in protest of Turkey’s Internet Censorship policy.

Two op-eds this week argue for and against filtering as a means of protecting children from cyberbullying. Although all parties agree that parents need to take responsibility for children's online activities, some Australians believe that a filter would further protect young people online.

A new Congressional appropriation bill has a subtlety that may pose a threat to the open net.

Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO, may face criminal charges from Lahore High Court of Pakistan if the court chooses to re-open the case that began with the Facebook group, “Draw Mohammad Day.”

Lebanon arrested 3 individuals (Naim George Hanna, Antoine Youssef Ramia, Shebel Rajeh Qasab), and Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza issued an arrest warrant for a fourth (Ahmed Ali Shuman) for slander and defamation of President Michel Suleiman on Facebook.

Media organizations continue to face threats on the one-year anniversary of the coup d’état on the government of Manuel Zelaya.

Following the anniversary of the Iran election protests on June 12th, Iranian reform protesters began accusing Twitter of censoring #iranelection when the hashtag did not trend on the site that day.