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European ministers issue warning over online freedoms

Foreign ministers from around Europe have come out against online censorship and political pressure on providers of social networks and other communication... Read more

9 December, 2011

SOPA: Cheat Sheet

...Any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Natasha Lomas

ACTA gets green light from EU Council

...process, so they have them imposed through the back door." "By privatising online censorship in the name of copyright, ACTA would have a dreadful impact... Read more

20 December, 2011

Quotes of the year: From Steve Jobs' impact to why architects are the Britneys of IT

The best tech soundbites from 2011... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Vaizey reveals true colours in Newzbin aftermath

...may also mark a staging point on the road to more severe online censorship. Either way, the judgement's aftermath has told us a lot... Read more

28 July, 2011
Onion Browser 1.2.1

Onion Browser 1.2.1

...from behind ISPs or corporate connections, or when inside countries that practice online censorship.- Access websites on the "dark net" of anonymous .onion web sites... Read more

26 May, 2012

Yahoo! yields to Chinese Web laws

...limitations in China, a move that critics say opens the door to online censorship by the Web portal. The agreement, called the "Public Pledge on... Read more

14 August, 2002 by Jim Hu

The blogosphere strikes back at censorship

Bloggers are fighting back against perceived censorship in India and France Read more

20 July, 2006 by Tom Espiner

China denies state involvement in Google attacks

...denying any state involvement in the cyberattacks on Google and defending its online censorship. The statements, issued on Monday Beijing time and carried on the... Read more

25 January, 2010 by Steven Musil

Aussie censors zap 27 sites

Notices have been emailed to numerous Web sites that flout Australia's new content-regulation regime, but where are the storms of protest? Read more

20 March, 2000 by Joel Deane

Australia censors the Net

Remember the CDA in America? The censorship law found to be unconstitutional and eventually laughed out of court... The... Read more

2 July, 1999 by Gordon Finlayson

Aussie ISPs held responsible for content

...non-Australian sites -- a move that puts Australia in step with the online censorship practices of China and Singapore. Australia's Minister for Communications and... Read more

23 March, 1999 by Joel Deane

COPA backers slam ruling, urge appeal

...ruling "a significant victory in 'Round 2' of the fight against federal online censorship." "After listening to our clients describe their online speech, the court... Read more

3 February, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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