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web censorship stories: 9 news summaries

Today's Hot Topic in Syrian Blogosphere: Masturbation

Regime doesn't seem to mind as long as it doesn't challenge authority

Oct 4, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syria’s authoritarian regime has been quick to lock up bloggers who tweak it even slightly, but it seems to have turned the other cheek as a flame war over masturbation has erupted. One blogger’s call for a crackdown on the evidently widespread “secret habit” elicited a push... More »

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Internet • Syria • blog • authoritarianism • Internet censorship • web censorship • masturbation

(Newser) - China darkened Google for 2 hours today over the site’s continued practice of returning results linking to foreign websites and “pornographic” content, the Financial Times reports. The Chinese government is unhappy that Google’s domestic website, Google.cn, allows users to search the entirety of the Internet. The... More »

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China • Google • Internet • pornography • search engine • World Wide Web • web censorship • foreign websites

 Iran Uses Internet 
 to Spy on Dissidents 

Nokia, Siemens technology allows regime to monitor Internet use

Jun 22, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has relied on European telecom companies, including Siemens and Nokia, to develop one of the world's most intricate systems for monitoring and censoring the Internet, reports the Wall Street Journal. The regime's surveillance goes beyond blocking access; it gathers information on individual users using a technique known as deep... More »

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Iran • Internet • censorship • Nokia • Siemens • Nokia Siemens • web censorship • Iranian election

Web Users Worldwide Help Iranians Thwart Censors

Expatriates, Pirate Bay work to get information on protests out of Iran

Jun 18, 09 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranians are using every trick in the book to get information past the country's tight censorship of the Internet and to the outside world—and the outside world is doing its best to help, CNET reports. Sympathizers have set up a huge number of proxy servers to help disseminate information... More »

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Iran • Internet • protests • The Pirate Bay • computer servers • Internet censorship • web censorship • Twitter • Iranian election

OPINION

Obama Should Support Iran's Reformers

Let Mousavi know the US is there for them, ex-Bush officials advise

Jun 17, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whether or not Iran’s protests coalesce into a full-scale revolt, it seems clear that the Iranian people would like to change their totalitarian government. Barack Obama should help them do it, Bush administration officials Dan Senor and Christian Whiton write in the Wall Street Journal. He could start... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • Barack Obama • censorship • web censorship • Iranian election • Radio Farda

 Tiananmen Sweeps Twitter 
 as Chinese Thwart Ban 

'Tiananmen' becomes one of site's most-discussed topics as users turn to proxies

Jun 10, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - China's blocking of Twitter ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre last week didn't foil the country's computer-savvy youth for very long, the BBC reports. Users swiftly shared information about visiting the site through proxies or software applications, and the subsequent twittering made Tiananmen one of Twitter's most-discussed... More »

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China • social networking • Tiananmen Square • web censorship • Great Firewall of China • Twitter

 China's Great Firewall Back Up 

Censorship, relaxed during Olympics, on rise again as economy slows

Dec 16, 08 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - China has quietly reinstated the web censorship lifted during its Olympics image cleanup, the New York Times reports today. As in the past, the tightening comes as growing unemployment raises the government’s fears of social unrest. The government defended its right to censor sites that violate Chinese secession laws,... More »

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China • media • censorship • Taiwan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • secession • Internet censorship • web censorship

Blogger Busts Tripled Last Year: Report

Political crackdowns especially harsh in Egypt, Iran and China

Jun 16, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of blogging "citizen journalists" arrested worldwide in political crackdowns tripled in 2007 from the previous year, Ars Technica reports. Over half of last year's 36 arrests occurred in Egypt, Iran, and China, according to a new survey, which sorted arrests into six categories, most related to stirring... More »

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China • Iran • Egypt • arrest • political activism • blogger • Internet censorship • web censorship

EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

Measure takes aim at the 'Great Firewall
of China'; would inject web into trade talks

Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European... More »

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China • European Union • censorship • trade • web traffic • Internet censorship • web censorship • Great Firewall of China • European Parliament

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