Guatemala
ONI Blog: WordPress blocked in Guatemala
Guatemala's ongoing political crisis, which began with the murder of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg and has been fueled largely by YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and blogs, reached a new level over the weekend when several ISPs began blocking access to WordPress.com. ...
- Posted on 29/Jun/2009; tagged in Guatemala, Latin America
ONI Blog: Is Internet Use a Superfluous Expense?
By Renata Ávila and Firuzeh Shokooh Valle
On March 25, 2009 the Government of Venezuela issued a decree (Decree 6649) that implements measures to reduce the superfluous or luxurious expenses of the government. The decree establishes that “superfluous or luxury spending is...
ONI Blog: “Financial Panic” and Online Censorship in Guatemala
The headlines in Guatemala's top newspaper, as well as on internationally popular site Boing Boing reported that a Twitter user was arrested by Guatemalan authorities, facing charges of “intent to incite financial panic." The last couple of weeks have been complicated...
