Saudi journalist Molouk Y.

The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on August 8 has been revealed to have had its share of special effects (or fakery as some have called it).

[UPDATED] Censorship of Russian media sites in Georgia continues to expand despite the winding down of hostilities. ONI and the Information Warfare Monitor confirms that filtering of Russian media sites resident on the .ru domain has spread to a second Georgian ISP. Subscribers of Caucuses on-line the largest Georgia ISP have been without access to russian media sites since 9 August. Yesterday a similar filtering regime was implemented on the Georgian Academic and Research Network (GRENA). The decision to filer was made by the director, although no reason was given at the time. ONI suspects that GRENA's decision was prompted by concerns of inflamatory information causing panic. GRENA is the ISP for most of Georgia's school system

The conflict over Ossetia dramatically demonstrates the extent to which virtual space is now a domain of warfare. The OpenNet Initiative together with its sister project the Information Warfare Monitor are monitoring the fallout from the virtual battlefield. The latest results of our research are posted to www.infowar-monitor.net . Our research indicates a massive upsurge in denial of service attacks against Georgian government and media sites occured in the hours that followed the start of the conflict.

In the category of downplaying negative news about its home turf, the China Media Project has awarded the Chinese media the gold.

Hosting the Olympics has been a bittersweet experience so far for China, particularly for those that would have wanted this to be a showcase for the tremendous advances that have taken place in China over the past two decades.

Only one day before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games begin….and we’re not the only ones to notice.

In one week’s time, an international uproar over the filtering of politically sensitive websites at the Olympics Main Press Center (MPC) appears to have resulted in a more open Internet-and not only

Seven years ago, during China's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese government promised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a more open China, with

Since the Senate approved the new FISA bill, the blogosphere has been in a state of upheaval, declaring it an infringement