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By: swDate: 19 Sep 2008Categories: Malaysia, Asia, Arrests and legal action, Publications, Political filtering, Social filteringThe arrest of blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin under Malaysia’s Internal Security Act on September 12, just as his website Malaysia Today (http://mt.m2day.org/) was reported to be unblocked, provides an ominous reminder that there may be more effective ways of silencing independent voices than Internet filtering.0 comment(s)
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By: Jillian C. YorkDate: 17 Sep 2008The recent announcement from American Airlines regarding wireless Internet service on airplanes has caused quite a stir. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants have raised concern about passengers viewing questionable content during the flight. That questionable content, specifically, would be porn.
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 16 Sep 2008A document obtained by CNet News has revealed that the U.N National Security Agency is part of a group drafting a set of technical standards determining how to trace Internet communications back to their original sender, potentially limiting users' ability to remain anonymous, according to a report published Friday.
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By: Jillian C. YorkDate: 16 Sep 2008Categories: ONIAccess Denied: The Practice and Policy of Internet Filtering was released earlier this year to great accolades. The book has been available in paperback for quite some time, but is now available online on OpenNet.net!
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By: Helmi NomanDate: 12 Sep 2008
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By: Jillian C. YorkDate: 09 Sep 2008Categories: Canada, United States of America, Germany, Australia, United States/Canada, Europe, Take-downYou've all seen the anti-Scientology protests; a group known as Anonymous, wearing Guy Fawkes, protest outside various churches of Scientology, or most recently here in Cambridge, outside of an exhibit aimed at teaching people about the religion. Many such protests have been videotaped, then uploaded to YouTube. Several users have also posted responses to protests.
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By: Helmi NomanDate: 03 Sep 2008
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By: Jillian C. YorkDate: 29 Aug 2008Turkey has a contentious relationship with popular video-sharing site YouTube. Blocked for the first time in early 2007, YouTube was intermittently available for most of 2007, only to be banned again in January of 2008.
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By: Jillian C. YorkDate: 27 Aug 2008
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By: spambotDate: 27 Aug 2008The independent website Malaysiakini.com, reportedly the country’s most popular alternative news source, has a
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By: Helmi NomanDate: 24 Aug 2008
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By: spambotDate: 21 Aug 2008Categories: China
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By: spambotDate: 19 Aug 2008The Washington Post points out that “in an age of cellphone cameras and YouTube,” Chinese police
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By: spambotDate: 19 Aug 2008ONI compared data from the Olympics Main Press Center (MPC) to that from other locations in Beijing, compiling a snapshot of Internet filtering in China leading up to week 1 of the Olympics.
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By: spambotDate: 18 Aug 2008