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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 01 Dec 2011
Syria expands sanctions on Syria, banning sale of technologies which could be used for surveillance.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 01 Dec 2011
Senior movie industry official signals likely toning down of SOPA bill, suggests that many critics will still not be pleased with the revised proposal.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 30 Nov 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be attending an Internet freedom conference in The Hague on December 9th. The conference aims to bring together political, business, and field leaders to make a stand for online freedom of expression.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 29 Nov 2011
Pakistan's telecommunications companies delay implementing texting bans on certain words while Pakistani officials deny having made the order to ban the words in the first place.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 29 Nov 2011
Google is increasingly complying with takedown requests, accepting two thirds of those requests between January and June, as compared to forty percent of requests during the previous reporting period.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 28 Nov 2011
Thai government cracks down on Facebook users threatening prosecution under lese-majeste laws for those who "share" or "like" unflattering images of the Thai monarchy.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 28 Nov 2011
European Court of Justice overturns a ruling that would have forced a Belgian ISP to preemptively filter Internet traffic to counteract unauthorized sharing of music files.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 28 Nov 2011
Italian firm Area SpA puts Syrian surveillance project on hold citing the country's failure to improve conditions in recent months.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 23 Nov 2011
China has recorded over 300million registered microbloggers, a substantial part of the country's 485million Internet users and the most recent target of government control.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 23 Nov 2011
U.K. officials have stated that they will not exercise any control over the export of surveillance software and are not tracking its potential usage for repressive regimes.
