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Tor tool aims to help Iranians work around internet ban

...Tor believes could be used by Iranians to get round government web blocking Read more

13 February, 2012 by Edward Moyer

US bill brings back blocking of foreign websites

...The bill, called the Stop Online Piracy Act (PDF), with the web-blocking portions known as the 'e-Parasite Act', represents a long-anticipated escalation... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

...meeting Twitter, Research In Motion and Facebook to discuss the feasibility of blocking access to social networks in times of social disorder. Home secretary Theresa... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government scraps website-blocking plans

...in April 2010, gives the government the power to mandate such website-blocking. On Wednesday, as part of an announcement on copyright reform in the... Read more

3 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Film studios win Newzbin2 blocking case against BT

Six US film studios have won a case against BT, which must block file-sharing Usenet site Newzbin2 after a landmark decision at the High Court Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Home Office sets out plan to block websites

...Theresa May has said the government is considering plans for the web blocking of certain sites on state-funded networks. Photo credit: Home Office The... Read more

8 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Ofcom to review site-blocking in Digital Economy Act

...Photo credit: Conservative Party "I have no problem with the principle of blocking access to websites used exclusively for facilitating illegal downloading of content," Hunt... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

European ISPs fight network child-porn blocking

...Internet service providers are lobbying the European Parliament over child pornography website-blocking requirements that are due to be introduced to European law. Blocks on... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Facebook and Google go on trial in India over censorship

...began on Tuesday.So far, India has not gone as far as blocking websites, but the country has made it clear that it wants all... Read more

14 March, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Web takedowns come under EU scrutiny

...European Commission has said it will try to sort out laws on blocking websites, as it announced an e-commerce plan. Europe's 12-year... Read more

11 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Courts cannot order ISPs to filter P2P, ECJ rules

...lawful content, with the result that its introduction could lead to the blocking of lawful communications," the ECJ added.'Fundamental importance' EuroISPA, the association of... Read more

24 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Lib Dems call for halt to copyright crackdown

...after adopting a policy to strike out its copyright enforcement and website-blocking measures. The Lib Dems' pledge to repeal parts of the Digital Economy... Read more

20 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Internet Explorer tops browser security tests

...an application reputation warning system in the new browser took IE9's blocking rate to 99.2 percent. Microsoft's application reputation list is dynamically... Read more

16 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Google allows Iran software downloads

...downloaded the Google Earth client before it was officially made available. Web blocking People can circumvent web-blocking technologies in a number of ways, including... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google search feature faces China block

...Firewall of China' and which have been blocked. On Wednesday, China began blocking searches done through Google Suggest, according to the company, which prompted Google... Read more

1 July, 2010 by Tom Krazit

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