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Danish Police Accidentally Censor 8,000 Sites With Child Porn Filter
Google and Facebook among the sites briefly blocked in police blunder
Iran Blocks More Websites Ahead Of Elections
The Iranian government expands its programme of web censorship ahead of March elections
US Secret Service Pulls Plug On Forms Site
The US Secret Service has shut down and then reinstated online forms site JotForm, without the need for a law such as SOPA
Iran Begins Blocking Sites Using HTTPS Protocol
Reports suggest that Iran is clamping down on sites in the build-up to the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
Brazil Sues Twitter Over Speed Trap Tweets
Brazilian government demands Twitter block accounts which warn users about traffic checkpoints and speed traps
TalkTalk Makes New Customers View Parental Controls
TalkTalk says new customers will have to make an active choice whether or not to filter a number of content categories,
Facebook And Google Remove ‘Offensive’ Material From Indian Sites
Indian court orders 21 major internet firms to prevent 'anti-religious' or 'anti-social' content from appearing on their sites
Google To Censor Blogger Sites On Country-By-Country Basis
Google follows Twitter's lead and will use country-code top level domains to censor content as required
Twitter Faces Protest Over Censorship Move
Users are protesting at Twitter's decision to censor content in certain countries in line with local laws
Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block The Pirate Bay
KPN and T-Mobile say that censorship should only be used as a ''drastic measure'
Twitter Can Now Censor Tweets In Individual Countries
Twitter says it must block tweets to grow internationally, but promises to clearly mark when it does so
Filesonic Puts The Brakes on File Sharing Service
The ramifcations of the MegaUpload shutdown continue to be felt as Filesonic disables file sharing and its reward programme
SOPA Is Back, And Sir Tim Berners-Lee Is Out To Stop It
As the Stop Online Piracy Act comes back on Congress's schedule, the father of the Web speaks out against it
Chinese Government’s RedPad Android Tablet Attracts Internet Ire
Chinese Communist Party officials to get a £1000 Android tablet with bespoke apps, developed secretly for two years
Wikipedia Blackout To Go Ahead Despite SOPA Pullout
Wikipedia and other high-profile websites will shut down for 24 hours in protest against 'devastating' anti-piracy bills, while Twitter's CEO has called the action 'foolish'
US SOPA Bill Killed In Congress
The SOPA Anti-piracy bill has been scuttled, but the Senate's PIPA bill sails on
Sweden Grants Religious Recognition To File-Sharing Church
Sweden has accepted that a "church" which believes in file-sharing as a religion: a move that will not please the Hollywood studios
Hactivists Plot Satellite System To Bypass Web Censorship
So called hacktivists are considering an outlandish plan to launch their own satellites to create a free space-based Internet, immune to censorship
Belarus Restricts Access To Foreign Websites
Belarusians will be fined up to £81 if they conduct business on foreign websites un der a law that comes in on Friday
O2 Error Blocks Church Website Over Adult Content Claim
Users unable to access church Website for four months due to O2's 18-plus rating
Beijing Clamps Microblogs With Registration Regulation
China continues its online clampdown after ordering the registration of real names on microblog sites
India Urges Tech Firms To Cut Offensive Content
India is urging Google, Microsoft and Facebook to halt the uploading of “objectionable” web content
Google Sued By Max Mosley For ‘Orgy’ Search
The former head of FIA, Max Mosley wants Google to remove damaging search results proactively
Google Continues Silent Censorship
Google blocks lazy pirates by refusing to autocomplete the names of certain sites
SOPA: An Act That Would Break The Internet
The US House Of Representatives' Stop Online Piracy Act would break e-commerce and still fail to prevent piracy, says Wayne Rash
Chinese Firms Agree To Increase Online Censorship
Chinese firms have pledged to increase their censorship of online content as part of a government crack down
Government Asks YouTube To Pull Down 135 Videos
The UK government is increasingly asking YouTube to block videos for security reasons, Google report says
Beijing Defends Right To Censor Internet
The Chinese government has defended its “Great Firewall Of China” following fresh American pressure
ISPs Defend New Porn Filtering Measures
Virgin Media, BT, Sky and TalkTalk say their new child-protection measures will not affect existing customers