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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 24 Aug 2011
Blogger uses SMS on cell phones to bypass online Internet controls to disseminate information, capitalizing on Cuba's rapid growth in cell phone usage.
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By: Rebekah Heacock
Date: 24 Aug 2011
As dawn broke in Libya on the morning of Sunday 21 August, it appeared that the battle for control of Tripoli was underway. Throughout the night, a steady stream of tweets and retweets emerged from Libyan sources, painting a confusing, often contradictory picture of the evolving situation.
We're still piecing together the data that can confirm or deny much of what's been reported overnight, but one thing is clear: something very strange was going on with Tripoli residents' Internet access.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 23 Aug 2011
A major Chinese e-commerce site has banned the sale of censorship evading software on its site but denies any order from the Chinese government.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 23 Aug 2011
The ACLU sues Camdenton school district in Missouri after the district failed to remove filters by their May 31 deadline.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 23 Aug 2011
Internet access returns to Libya after months of blackouts.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 22 Aug 2011
Facebook's spam filter has been the target of criticism after it began flagging activists and not allowing them to post content online.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 22 Aug 2011
A German official has ordered websites to stop using Facebook's 'like' button on their pages, claiming that it violates German and EU data protection laws because of the data it sends back to US Facebook servers.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 22 Aug 2011
Kazakhstan has decided to block 13 sites, including LiveJournal, deemed to be dangerous for their potential to incite terrorism and religious hatred.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 19 Aug 2011
How does the filtering on China's most popular search engine, Baidu, shape the political knowledge base of Chinese citizens.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 19 Aug 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's wait-and-see approach to UK social media controversy is met with approval from online freedom of expression advocates.
