Yesterday was Tunisia's first National Day for Internet Freedom, the day also commemorates the death of cyber dissident Zouhaier Yahyaoui, who died...
Tunisia: The fight for an uncensored web is far from over
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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
Iran: Leader orders creation of internet oversight agency in bid to control web
Iran's Supreme leader has ordered the creation of an "internet oversight agency" to control the web. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the creation of...
Kyrgyzstan: News website blocked
Access to the website of independent news agency Ferghana was blocked this week by telecommunications company Kyrgyztelecom in response to a formal...
Tunisia: Court rules against web filtering in key test of new freedoms
On 22 February the Cassation Court of Tunis (Tunisia's highest court of appeal) overturned a verdict ordering Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) to...
Chinese activist warned over launching website
A veteran Chinese pro-democracy campaigner based in Wuhan has been warned by state security police not to proceed with plans for a website aimed to...
Thailand: Webmaster’s lèse majesté trial resumes
The trial of the web master of a Thai news website resumed last week after a long interruption.Chiranuch Premchaiporn, web master of Prachatai news...
Singapore: PM demands apology from dissident website
Singapore's prime minister has demanded an apology from a political website, following allegedly defamatory posts. In a letter to the editors of...
Australia: Google urges rejection of web regulation
Google has urged the Australian federal government to reject an interim independent report recommending the country's internet be regulated in a...
China: More Internet regulation planned
The Chinese government plans to continue censoring social networking sites, the the Communist Party and State Council has said regarding China’s...
Iran: Internet censorship increases
Internet censorship has dramatically increased in Iran over the last week. On 7 February, internet users in Iran began reporting an increase in...