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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 23 Sep 2008
The Chinese government plans to introduce a new system requiring foreign firms to disclose secret information about digital household appliances and other products starting from May, sources said Thursday.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 23 Sep 2008
Last year, Turkish Internet users launched a terrific campaign to protest new prices. Despite responsible authorities continuing to handle the price rise their way. We know how poor the speed and quality of Internet connections, despite their astronomic prices. And now there comes the Internet bans.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 22 Sep 2008
Kuwait has ordered local Internet service providers to block online video-sharing website YouTube over clips that could offend Muslims.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 21 Sep 2008
Whatever your opinion of the UAE's policy of blocking access to certain websites, recent changes to exactly how this is done should, I believe, be applauded.
A couple of weeks ago, the Telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRA) ruled that the (rather alarmingly red) "Site Blocked" screen should now include a list detailing exactly what sort of website content is banned.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 19 Sep 2008
A Turkish court has banned internet users from viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after a Muslim creationist claimed its contents were defamatory and blasphemous.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 19 Sep 2008
The Google-owned video sharing website YouTube has moved to counter criticism that it helps fuel gang violence by introducing new rules to ban submissions that glamorise guns and knives.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 18 Sep 2008
The head of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Sir Tim Berners-Lee has decided that there is too much "disinformation" on the internet regarding things like the danger of vaccines. Thus he proposes that free speech should now be censored using a rating system overseen by the same group of corporate cronies, pharmaceutical giants, war mongers and fiat bankers that have been robbing, poisoning and pilfering the world for decades.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 18 Sep 2008
An interview with Robert Faris of the OpenNet Initiative.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 18 Sep 2008
The law on "suicide websites" is to be rewritten to ensure people know they are illegal, the government has said.
It follows concerns people searching for information on suicide are more likely to find sites encouraging the act than offering support.
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By: Jillian C. York
Date: 18 Sep 2008
Turkish court has banned the access to world famous evolutionist Prof. Richard Dawkins’ internet site upon complaint by creationist Adnan Oktar on the grounds that the site contained insulting remarks about Oktar’s book “Atlas of Creation”.
