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Chinese users flooded Obama's Google+ page; the Committee to Protect Journalists released its Attacks on the Press report; Russians take to the Internet to criticize Putin.
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Russians take to the blogosphere to get information about the upcoming national election. However, some critics warn that the country could see a media crackdown soon.
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Pakistan proposes a National URL Filtering and Blocking System and considers filtering SMS in the country in advice of its 2013 elections.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists released its 2011 report, calling Pakistan the most dangerous country for reporters and condemning censorship around the world.
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Obama's Google+ campaign page becomes flooded with Chinese comments from users circumventing the Great Firewall.
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Anonymous promises regular Friday attacks on government and corporate websites; the EU suspends ACTA ratification; Reddit users draft the Free Internet Act in response to SOPA/PIPA.
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Reddit users propose the Free Internet Act as an alternative to SOPA/PIPA.
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Anonymous vows to attack websites more regularly in protest of ACTA.
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Iran blocked both foreign websites and encrypted web traffic; Anonymous hacked into US FTC websites; the entertainment industry continued to fight for SOPA/PIPA.
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Tor is helping Iranians circumvent the government-imposed block on encrypted web traffic.
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Iran cuts off access to multiple websites right before the upcoming anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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The Russian government blocks a public health website for publishing information about a banned drug; Google and Facebook comply with Indian court requests to take down objectionable content; Google's director of corporate and policy communications turns attention to "middle countries" without well-defined Internet freedom or censorship policies.
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The Russian government shuts down the website of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for publishing information on methadone, a substance banned in the country.
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Google and Facebook have abided by Indian High Court demands to take down content from websites with Indian domains. They are scheduled to appear in court again on March 13.
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Polish citizens take to the streets to protest ACTA; Thailand government becomes first to endorse Twitter's censorship; Google follows Twitter's footsteps with changes to Blogger platform.
Chinese users flooded Obama's Google+ page; the Committee to Protect Journalists released its Attacks on the Press report; Russians take to the Internet to criticize Putin.0 comment(s)
The Committee to Protect Journalists released its 2011 report, calling Pakistan the most dangerous country for reporters and condemning censorship around the world.
Anonymous promises regular Friday attacks on government and corporate websites; the EU suspends ACTA ratification; Reddit users draft the Free Internet Act in response to SOPA/PIPA.
Iran blocked both foreign websites and encrypted web traffic; Anonymous hacked into US FTC websites; the entertainment industry continued to fight for SOPA/PIPA.
