Censorship News
France Bans Naming Social Networks On TV And Radio
8th June 2011
A recent ruling passed in France bans the use of the words Facebook and Twitter on National TV and radio channels. More »
Ads On Websites To Be Monitored
1st March 2011
While ads on traditional media such as TV, radio, billboards and print are closely monitored, online ads and statements made by companies have escaped any form of censorship so far. More »
Google Defends Shrinking Chinese Market
23rd September 2010
In spite of recent reports suggesting that Google has lost a substantial portion of their market share in China, the search giant has not given up the fight. More »
Google Censored In Turkey, Again
11th June 2010
A number of Google services have once again been banned in Turkey. The Telecommunications Presidency has decided to ban access to various Google services such as Google Docs, Google Analytics and YouTube for an indefinite period of time, starting from June 4. More »
GoDaddy Stops Offering Chinese Domain Names
25th March 2010
Following closely on the heels of Google, the popular domain registrar GoDaddy has also announced their decision to pull out of the Chinese market. More »
Google Exits China
23rd March 2010
Google formally announced plans to leave China yesterday after their threat to stop censoring search result on Google.cn was met with severe opposition from the Chinese government. More »
Microsoft Bing Censors Gay Searches In Middle East
12th March 2010
The OpenNet Initiative has found that Microsoft Bing censors searches related to gay and lesbian topics in a number of Middle Eastern countries. More »
Microsoft Plans To Make Hay While Google Battles China
20th January 2010
Following Google’s recent declaration that the search engine might pull out of China if it is not allowed to show uncensored search results, the spotlight has also fallen on rival, Microsoft, who has also started operations in China. More »
Google China Backtracks On Censorship Decision
14th January 2010
Following a spate of highly sophisticated and targeted attacks on Google’s infrastructure, which originated from China, Google has decided to review their business operations in that country. More »
Iran Blocks Facebook Yet Again
3rd June 2009
Barely a few months after unblocking Facebook, in February 2009, Iran has decided to block it yet again. More »
UK Government Plans To Monitor All Internet Use
1st May 2009
U.K. police forces have asked all communications firms, including internet service providers and mobile phone companies, to keep records of all Internet contact between people. More »
China Bans YouTube, Again
1st April 2009
YouTube, seems to have run into trouble with the Chinese authorities yet again. The site was blocked in China, again, last week. More »
Facebook Needs To Increase Security
11th February 2009
Popular social network, Facebook, has recently come under fire following a series of reports on sex scandals involving minors, phishing and other unscrupulous activities. These reports have removed the illusion most users had of Facebook being a very safe social network. More »
Should Wikipedia Introduce Flagged Revisions?
26th January 2009
The recent appearance of false reports on Wikipedia about the deaths of U.S. senators Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd during the inaugural lunch has started a serious debate on whether or not edits by unknown users should be edited by trusted editors. More »
Vietnam To Censor Blogs
31st December 2008
According to recent reports from BBC News, Vietnam is planning to put restrictions on the material published through blogs in the country. More »
Wikipedia Censorship Annoys Users
11th December 2008
The majority of Internet service providers in the U.K. have blocked a page on Wikipedia that showed a picture of a nude teenage girl. More »
Croatians Arrested For Propaganda On Facebook
8th December 2008
Croatian police have arrested members of an opposition party for using the popular social network, Facebook, to comment on and plan against the Prime Minister of the country, Ivo Sanader. More »
China Spying And Censoring Skype Conversations
8th October 2008
A report from Canadian researchers affiliated to the University of Toronto have revealed that China has been blocking messages that contain certain ‘sensitive words’. More »
IOC Disapproves China Protest Video On YouTube
19th August 2008
Tibetans all over the world have been protesting Chinese policies and demanding autonomy for themselves. As part of these protests, a candle light vigil was held in Manhattan, last Thursday night, near the Chinese Consulate, during which images of Chinese atrocities were projected. Amongst these images, was the famous Olympic logo. The Olympic rings were then shown turning into handcuffs. These images, were video recorded and put up on YouTube. More »
Iran To Execute Bloggers
10th July 2008
The official news agency of Iran carried a report a while ago stating that the parliament is likely to toughen some of the laws, already in existence and make anti-establishment blogging an offence punishable by death. More »
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