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  • Temporary block on LiveJournal in Russia exemplifies overblocking
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 06 Aug 2012
    Categories: Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Intermediary Censorship, IP blocking
    A regional Russian Internet service provider temporarily blocked the entire portal of Russian LiveJournal in response to a court order to block one blog on the platform. The incident illustrates the probability of overblocking, especially when targeting an IP address.
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  • Threats to the Open Net: August 3, 2012
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 03 Aug 2012
    Categories: United States of America, Tajikistan, United States/Canada, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Threats to the Open Net, Intermediary Censorship, Internet tools filtering, DNS tampering
    Tajikistan blocked foreign news websites and YouTube; Twitter suspended and reinstated account of British journalist after he posted critical tweets of NBC; Skype makes chats and user data more available to police
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  • Twitter will appeal judge's ruling to turn over protester's tweets
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 24 Jul 2012
    Categories: United States of America, United States/Canada, Arrests and legal action, Privacy
    Last week Twitter announced it would appeal a decision by a New York judge requiring the company to turn over the tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester, citing the privacy rights of its users.
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  • Sudan continues crackdown of online news during protests
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 13 Jul 2012
    Categories: Sudan, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Arrests and legal action, Intermediary Censorship, Political filtering, IP blocking
    Since we blogged about the rumored Internet blackout in Sudan a couple of weeks ago, the Sudanese government continues to crack down on online news sites that report on the ongoing clashes between riot police and University of Khartoum students taking to the streets in protest of the regime.
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  • Threats to the Open Net: July 6, 2012
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 06 Jul 2012
    Categories: United States of America, United States/Canada, Europe, Legislation, Threats to the Open Net
    Twitter releases Transparency Report; Declaration of Internet Freedom introduced; EU Parliament rejects ACTA
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  • Anonymous-led Protests in India Reflect Debate Over Internet Regulation
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 13 Jun 2012
    Categories: India, Asia, Legislation, Arrests and legal action
    Anti-online censorship protests spearheaded by online activist group Anonymous in India this weekend drew sparse crowds, but their efforts underscore a larger debate around Internet regulation in the world’s largest democracy.
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  • Threats to the Open Net: June 8, 2012
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 08 Jun 2012
    Categories: China, Kuwait, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Social filtering
    China clamps down on Tiananmen discussion; Google warns users of state-sponsored attacks; China unveils changes to Internet law; Kuwaiti sentenced to 10 years for blasphemous tweet
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  • Proposed Changes in China’s Internet Law Target Microblogging Services
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 07 Jun 2012
    Categories: China, Asia, Legislation, Political filtering, Social filtering
    The Chinese government is poised to enact a new level of regulation over the Internet, one that seeks to impose new, stricter rules on microblog services and their users.
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  • China Blocks References to Stock Exchange on Tiananmen Anniversary
    By: Malavika Jagannathan
    Date: 05 Jun 2012
    Categories: China, Asia, Search result removal, Political filtering, Social filtering
    The anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China marks an annual struggle between the pro-democracy activists wishing to commemorate the event and the Chinese censors hoping to quash all online discussion of the sensitive topic.
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