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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
Web petition stalls German videogame ban
German government plans to ban violent videogames will have to be put on hold, after a successful internet petition by German gamers. The...
Anger as Russia closes down history website
A group of British academics including the historian Orlando Figes and the poet and translator Robert Chandler have spoken out after authorities in...
China web censorship controversy continues
China has confirmed it will continue with plans to force every computer in the country to run controversial filtering program Green Dam. The move...
US lodges China complaint over web censorship
An official complaint was lodged by US representatives with the Chinese government over plans to introduce mandatory Green Dam web censorship...
Catholic teacher fired in Vietnam over website row
A Catholic teacher has been fired in Vietnam for allegedly encouraging her students to access "politically sensitive web-sites". Read more here
China blocks website before Tiananmen anniversary
The online version of one of China's most radical magazines, Yanhuang Chunqiu (China Through the Ages) has been closed by the censors who patrol the...
UK troops banned from Page 3 website
The Ministry of Defence has banned UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from looking at The Sun's page3.com website deeming it inappropriate for...
Australian ‘hacktivists’ attack classification website
The Australian National Classification Board’s website was hacked into just before Senator Stephen Conroy went onto television to defended the...
Journalist released, website reopened in Mauritania
Writer and journalist Abou Abbass Ould Brahim, the editor of the news website Taqadoumy, was released today after being held for three days in the...