Censorship

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Censorship”

• Apple Censors Dalai Lama IPhone Apps in China

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 542
  From PCWorld : Apple appears to have blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store, making it the latest U.S. technology company to censor its services in China. Those apps, which appear in most countries’ versions of the App Store, do not currently appear in the Chinese version. ...
  4 hours ago

• Italy May Censor Torrent Sites

  
  Slashdot — Authority: 159
  An anonymous reader writes "Following a Pirate Bay block more than a year ago, Italy continues its attempts to censor torrent sites. The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that copyright holders can now force ISPs to block BitTorrent sites, even if they are hosted outside Italy. The torrent sites which hold copyrighted ...
  4 hours ago

• Iranian protesters use Twitter, YouTube to broadcast violence

  
  Western Journalism.com — Authority: 143
  As violence flared Sunday between anti-government protesters and Iranian security forces, the world witnessed a second surge in Iranian “citizen journalism” via Internet platforms such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Social Media is helping dissidents get their message past a state run press It has been ...
  18 hours ago

• Canadian Censorship Takes Down 4500 Sites

  
  Slashdot — Authority: 159
  uncadonna writes "According to activist group The Yes Men, the government of Canada has shut down two parody websites criticizing Canadas poor environmental policy. The article goes on to claim that"In response to Environment Canadas request, Serverloft immediately turned off a whole block of IP addresses, knocking ...
  18 hours ago

• Indian Internet Filtered for Sex

  
  Silenced Majority Portal — Authority: 449
  The Kama Sutra came form India but sex will be filtered out of the internet there, due to a new law. Yahoo and Flickr altered their sites so users in India cant switch off "safe search." This is also happening...
  22 hours ago

• Nutt Sacked!

  
  raincoaster — Authority: 425
  This actually happened back in October, but somehow I missed it. Me, missing an opportunity for a filthy, misleading headline! I musta been drunk! That’s right, UK government advisor David Nutt has lost his job after making controversial remarks characterizing alcohol and tobacco as more dangerous drugs than ...
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• Court Orders Shutdown of H-1B Critics Websites

  
  Slashdot — Authority: 159
  theodp writes "Computerworld reports that a NJ Superior Court Judge ordered hosting firms to shut down three Web sites that oppose the H-1B visa program and seeks information about the identity of anonymous posters. GoDaddy, Network Solutions, Comcast and DiscountASP.Net were ordered to disable ITgrunt.com, ...
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• Library Of Congress Refuses To Reinstate Wrongly Fired Guantánamo Lawyer

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 633
  Library Of Congress Refuses To Reinstate Wrongly Fired Guantánamo Lawyer In response to a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union earlier this month, the Library of Congress stated today that it will not reinstate Col. Morris Davis to his job at the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Davis, the former ...
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• Dance in the Vampire Bund Topless Loli Action Disappears

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 552
  A new trailer for BDSM loli vampire anime Dance in the Vampire Bund has been released in anticipation of the 7th of January airdate, but fans cannot help but be perturbed by the lack of topless young girls in comparison to the original PV. Below, the new trailer: And the original : Just what the reason ...
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• Web Enabled Protest: Senate Wants IT Deployed To Shield Iranian Opposition

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 464
  Senators are urging the Obama administration to begin implementing a new law designed to use software and Internet technology to aid members of the embattled opposition in Iran and shield the protesters against an ongoing crackdown.   »  noticia original
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• Mayoi Neko Overrun! Clitoris Action

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 552
  The author of To Love-Ru is now penning an adaptation of erotic nekomimi action novel series Mayoi Neko Overrun!, and early scans of the manga seem to demonstrate that the title takes To Love-Ru’s trademark service to a new level, with the above not-very-concealing bubble the most brazen example. ...
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• Demi Moores lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post

  
  Boing Boing — Authority: 868
  (Click for large size. Image above: two versions of a "W Magazine" cover featuring Demi Moore, one for the US edition, and one for the Korean edition. Note the apparent difference in the area around the hip.) Lawyers representing Demi Moore sent a threatening letter to Boing Boing over the holidays which demanded ...
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• Did Your Favorite Chinese Website Just Get Shut Down? Probably Because It Wasnt Hosting Porn

  
  Queerty — Authority: 694
  Just as China opens a state-owned gay bar with the intent of better educating the LGBT community about HIV/AIDS, officials there have ordered at least 10 gay websites offline. Because gay chatting is illegal. CONTINUED » Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Censorship , China , Internet ...
  2 days ago

• Is There Anyone Out There That Still Believes In Wikipedia?

  
  Common Folk Using Common Sense — Authority: 120
  From Lawrence Solomon at the Financial Post : All told, (U.K. scientist and Green Party activist William) Connolley created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles. His control over Wikipedia was greater still, however, through the role he obtained at Wikipedia as a website administrator, which allowed him to ...
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• Report Draws Bleak Picture of Internet Freedom in Arab World

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 550
  Egypt – Regimes throughout the Arab world are consistently censoring the Internet and arresting and torturing Internet users, a new human rights report has claimed. The 235-page report, “One Social Network With a Rebellious Message”, examines Internet freedom in 20 Arab countries. “In the Arab world, ...
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• Report Draws Bleak Picture of Internet Freedom in Arab World

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 701
  Cairo, Egypt (TML) – Regimes throughout the Arab world are consistently censoring the Internet and arresting and torturing Internet users, a new human rights report has claimed. The 235-page report, “One Social Network With a Rebellious Message”, examines Internet freedom in 20 Arab countries. “In the Arab ...
  2 days ago

• Top 5 China events of the decade (for me)

  
  The Peking Duck — Authority: 415
  A week ago the Shanghaiist asked me if I’d prepare an end-of-year or end-of-decade list of what were for me the top 5 China-related event. Now that the post has been up on their site a few days, I’m reprinting it here for posterity. These are not necessarily the most important things that happened. The ...
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• Following Up for the Week Ending 12/27/2009

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 443
  Further expansion of cable industry’s selectable output control scheme i4i wins injunction against Microsoft on appeal Comcast class action over throttling settles Fighting internet censorship in Australia Share Previously: October 4, 2009 -- Following Up for the Week of 10/4/2009 August 29, 2009 ...
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• Violent radical content on the Internet – first outputs of IIEA study

  
  Assorted Materials: Johnny Ryan — Authority: 99
  As part of the IIEA study on non-legislative measures to prevent the dissemination of violent radical material on the Internet for the European Commission, the following outputs were released in December 2009. The first is a Request For Comments on an initial 56 page overview of the legal environment regulating child ...
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• Teng Biao: A Testimony about My Testimony

  
  Under the Jacaranda Tree — Authority: 415
  The original Chinese article written by Teng Biao: 关于我的证言的证言 ...
  3 days ago

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