Internet Censorship Press Articles

Yemen Times; Sanaa - Put out of action by the filtersInternet censorship in Yemen

September 2, 2010 --

Amr, a 19-year-old IT student at Sana'a University, supervises a website for users to discuss computer programming and other topics related...

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Sunday Star - Times; Wellington, New Zealand - Thai leaks site

August 22, 2010 -- ANONYMOUS INTERNET activists have set up a website to display information about Thailand that comes from the whistle-blower site Wikileaks. The...

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AFP - Pakistan rebels find friends on Facebook, Twitter

August 19, 2010 -- KARACHI (AFP) — Hardline groups in Pakistan are plugging into Western online favourites Facebook and Twitter in a bid to win friends and...

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AFP - Thailand tries to block WikiLeaks website

August 17, 2010 -- BANGKOK (AFP) — Thai authorities have used emergency powers to restrict access to the WikiLeaks whistleblower website on security grounds, an...

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AFP - China Mobile and Xinhua agree to set up search engine

August 12, 2010 -- SHANGHAI (AFP) — China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone operator, has signed a framework agreement with the nation's official Xinhua...

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Al Bawaba - Internet Freedom Movement Urges Public to Fight International

August 1, 2010 -- The Internet Freedom Movement (IFM) has issued a video bulletin[1] exhorting users of the internet to defend their freedoms by any means necessary....

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AFP - Microsoft launches advertising platform in China

August 1, 2010 --

BEIJING (AFP) — Microsoft has launched an advertising platform in China in an attempt to grab market share from rival Google, which has...

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AFP - Google says China services back up

July 29, 2010 -- BEIJING (AFP) — Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that...

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AFP - Google ends ties with two Chinese advertisers

July 26, 2010 -- BEIJING (AFP) — Google has parted ways with two Chinese advertisers, it said Tuesday, in the latest potential setback for the company after...

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Herald, The; Glasgow (UK) - Google in internet license deal

July 21, 2010 -- CHINA renewed Google's internet license after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered...

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