Websites will be subject to further restrictions under the country’s new media law, passed by President Lukashenko on 5 August. The law stipulates...
Media bill threatens Internet freedom in Belarus
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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
Fools rush in where programmers fear to tread
A select committee has called for more regulation and greater safety on the Internet. But politicians should be careful what they wish for, says Bill Thompson
Iran: bill proposed to extend death penalty to online crimes
A draft has been passed on its first reading by the Iranian parliament which proposes to apply the death penalty to bloggers and website editors who...
Jordan restricts Internet cafés
The Jordanian ministry of the interior has announced increased restrictions on Internet cafés, which are widespread in the country’s cities....
Iran: website editor arrested
Hassan Nobakhtian, the editor of conservative website Nosaki, was arrested on 25 February, despite having had no complaints brought against him. The...
Anti-censorship site shut down
Finnish blogger Matti Nikki is facing an investigation into whether he aided the distribution of child pornography. The anti-censorship campaigner's...
Websites blocked in Yemen
On 19 January, three domestic news and opinion websites were blocked to users in Yemen by the government-owned Internet provider. The sites joined a...
Grooming for jihad
New proposals to limit extremist speech could have a significant chilling effect on the Internet, argues Bill Thompson Taking a leaf from its...
Britain: Bloggers unite against intimidation
An unprecedented coalition of British bloggers has come together over the last two weeks to fight an assault on freedom of speech from Russian...
Extreme ignorance
While British newspapers were harrumphing about the Australian government banning Aboriginals from accessing pornography, they signally failed to...