Hackers launched a sustained attack against pro-democracy website Viet Tan on 13 August in a denial-of-service (DDoS) operation. Of the 77,000 IP...
Vietnam: Pro-democracy website hacked
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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
Bahrain: Human rights website blocked
Bahraini authorities have blocked access to the website of the Bahrain Justice and Development Movement, a London-based group consisting mainly of...
United States: Cisco sued by Chinese political prisoners over web monitoring
Technology giant Cisco is being sued by Chinese political prisoners for allegedly providing the technology and expertise used by the Chinese...
Saudi Arabia: Radio Netherlands Worldwide websites blocked
According to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Saudi Arabian listeners have been unable to access their websites. While no official reason has been given...
Argentina: Judge orders all ISPs to block corruption reporting website
Argentina's National Criminal Court has issued an interim order to block a website and blog used to expose corruption and ordered the National...
India: Government wants to monitor social networking websites
India's Department of Telecommunications has been asked to monitor Twitter and Facebook, because of fears that the sites are being used to plan...
US record on internet freedom "shameful"?
Emily Badger: US record on internet freedom “shameful”?
Website blocking: gone but not forgotten?
The UK government’s dropping of blocking plans are to be welcomed, says
Peter Bradwell. But there are questions over what happens next with web copyright
China: Internet surveillance boosted
New regulations have been enforced in an area of central Beijing requiring bars, restaurants, hotels and bookstores to install web monitoring...
Kyrgyzstan: government bans news websites ahead of election campaign
Kyrgyzstan's Central Elections Committee (CEC) has decided to bar web-based news media from participating in the campaign ahead of the 30th October...