censorship

  1. LazyLion

    MPs Approve Info Bill Changes

    The widely welcomed amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill were unanimously approved on Monday by the members of the ad hoc committee finalising the draft bill. After nearly three years of controversy and drafting changes, the bill will come another step closer to law on...
  3. LazyLion

    Kuwait Seeks Tough Penalties Against Media

    Kuwait's cabinet has approved a new media bill stipulating a 10-year jail term for religious offences and a fine of more than $1 million for criticising the emir, local media reported on Thursday. The government of the oil-rich Gulf state, under pressure from Islamist, nationalist and liberal...
  4. LazyLion

    TV Reporter Broadcasts Live from Inside China Police Van

    A broadcast from Beijing's Tiananmen Square has turned into a bizarre television experience for British viewers after a Sky News reporter and his camera operator were detained by Chinese authorities on live television. Sky News correspondent Mark Stone says he was broadcasting at Tiananmen...
  5. LazyLion

    Appeal tribunal declassifies 'The Spear'

    http://mg.co.za/article/2012-10-11-appeal-tribunal-declassifies-the-spear In a real country, those idiots would now all be fired or resign. :mad:
  6. G

    The 'truth' deleted from internet in China

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9394684/The-truth-deleted-from-internet-in-China.html
  7. QuintonB

    Execs urged to support Internet freedom ahead of conference

    Keep Internet free from centralized control: U.S. Govt Executives were urged to join the fight to keep the Internet free from centralized control, ahead of a conference later this year.
  8. LazyLion

    Jimmy Manyi condemns E-news censorship!

    http://www.ewn.co.za/2012/05/25/Govt%20speaks%20out%20on%20Zumas%20teary%20lawyer.aspx So let me get this straight??? He is complaining about censorship in the court case that the government launched to censor a painting??? :wtf:
  9. QuintonB

    China makes arrests over social media coup talk

    China comes down hard on social media China is closing a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumors of a coup that rattled Beijing in the midst of its worst high-level political crisis in years.
  10. mercurial

    Meet ACTA, your worst Internet censorship nightmare since SOPA and PIPA

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  11. LazyLion

    Hackers Plan Their Own Communication Satellite Grid

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042 Where do I sign up? :D
  12. jes

    60,000 porn websites shut down in China

    60,000 porn websites shut down in China China said Thursday that authorities had shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites as part of a year-long crackdown on lewd online content, as Beijing moves to tighten control over the Internet.
  13. LazyLion

    A UN Controlled Internet Should Never Happen (Editorial)

    http://www.zeropaid.com/news/91607/editorial-a-un-controlled-internet-should-never-happen/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29 I have heard several times now that South Africa is seeking to regulate the internet and...
  14. jes

    Wikpedia founder says Malaysia should ditch censorship

    Wikpedia founder says Malaysia should ditch censorship A co-founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia said on a visit to Malaysia Tuesday that the country should ditch censorship which is a damper on economic growth.
  15. jes

    N. Korea excoriates S. Korea for blocking Twitter, Youtube

    N. Korea excoriates S. Korea for blocking Twitter, Youtube North Korea lashed out at South Korea for blocking its Twitter and YouTube accounts, saying the move proves Seoul opposes improving inter-Korean relations.
  16. Scooby_Doo

    And censorship continues

    It can't be a coincidence that after government decide on a porn filter the ANC want to filter the media too. Can it? http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ANC-sets-sights-on-newspapers-20100729
  17. w1z4rd

    Google releases tool to track censorship and government requests

    I thought this was definitely worth a share: http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/
  18. T

    Twitter founders say no to censorship

    Twitter co-founders on Wednesday expressed hope that the globally popular microblogging service will help thwart efforts by China to censor information in that country. Twitter founders say no to censorship
  19. D

    Requesting a ban of pornography in public media, cellphones and the internet

    http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/Politics/1057/04ed0fd0ffd94d05b4c14843aff440b5/11-03-2010-10-10/FPI_More_porn_restrictions We seem to be going back to the "old days" of censorship. I thought this was the best: Do these not apply to alcohol as well? I don't see anybody banning...
  20. P

    Democrats: US government's policy of leaving the Internet alone is over

    Taco Cowboy writes in with a report from The Register about a US policy shift away from keeping hands off the Internet. "According to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling, Obama's top official at the Department of Commerce, the US government's policy of leaving the Internet alone is over...
  21. LazyLion

    Google to pull out of China?

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/12/google.china/index.html 'bout time!
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