Thai Internet Website Blacklist Leaked
It may be another way to prove the futility of an internet blacklist mandated by the government.
With governments like Britain and Australia pushing for blacklisting websites under the guise of “protecting the children”, it seems as though the leaking of Thailand website blacklist couldn’t have come at a better time.
The report from Wikileaks coupled with [...]
British Minister In Discussions With Obama to Filter Internet to ‘Protect the Children’
Britain and the United States next in line to filter the internet while saying the internet is nothing more than a broadcaster?
Last week, we posted a relatively thorough piece on why the internet should not be considered little more than a broadcaster mainly because we saw the government using the description to push internet censorship [...]
Protesters Hit the Streets Over Australian Internet Censorship Proposals
Australian digital rights organizations are applauding the high turnout in a country-wide demonstration against proposed Australian internet blacklists.
The Electronic Frontiers Australia recently applauded the high turnout for protests against proposed censorship laws that would block access to websites deemed by the government as “inappropriate”.
From the press release:
“The forthcoming protests by the Digital Liberty Coalition and [...]
China Continues it’s War on the Internet and Protesters
Last week, China started, among other things, blocking YouTube in an effort to stem the Tibet separation movement. This week, a number of reports point to the fact that China is increasingly stepping up the pressure on pro-Tibet protesters.
Despite the clampdown on protesters, images and video continue to leak out onto the internet documenting [...]
Controlling the Net – How Hard Could it Be?
Is it possible to control the internet or the free flow of information? It’s a question that could easily be dismissed as a fools errand. Yet, in the span of a month, there has been a noticeable number of interesting attempts to do so. Clearly, there are those that think it’s possible. [...]
Judges Injunction Dissolved, WikiLeaks.org Domain Returned
The controversial decision to issue an injunction on the wikileaks website has been dissolved. Just a little over a week ago, ZeroPaid covered the original decision. Now, the best possible outcome to the circumstance has occurred for the website.
The websites .org domain was shut down due to an injunction issued by a Californian [...]
Fox: How can the FCC fine us when they don’t publish the rules?
The FCC was in court last week, defending its recent indecency rulings before an appellate panel of judges. The case at issue was brought by Fox after the network was sanctioned (but not fined) by the agency for a pair of curse words that went "unbleeped" during two different awards shows. The FCC found the [...]
P2P Censorship: Safemusic removes dirty words from songs
A Michigan-based software and web developer has published a program that allows music fans to remove dirty words from songs to “protect the mind of a child”. From the Safemusic website:
“It allows you with the ease of a point and click interface to remove explicit/unwanted words, lyrics, or sounds from any song or recorded sound.”
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Iranian censors clamp down on bloggers
Sayeed Habibi considers himself a marked man. The reason: his Internet blog that challenges some of the policies of Iran’s theocracy.
He predicts that someday – perhaps soon – he’ll be taken to prison and his site will be shut down. “And another voice will be silenced,” said Habibi, a 34-year-old postgraduate and an unofficial elder [...]
(Indian) Government lifts ban on websites
Bloggers in India can rest easy now.
According to the Department of Telecommunications, blogs which were blacked out three days after the Mumbai blasts will soon be restored.
Post 7/11, the Government decided to block sites without saying why and the ISPs decided to go ahead, do one better and block all blogs.
The Centre issued an order [...]
