Censorship

Lib Dems Mount Digital Economy Act Challenge

The Liberal Democrats have fulfilled a promise to challenge the Digital Economy Act in a Parliamentary debate

13 years ago

ISPs Launch Stronger Porn Block Features

BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin will offer users an 'active choice' to block adult content at the point of…

13 years ago

Rights Group Says Cisco Aided Chinese Persecution

Cisco knowingly provided the Chinese government with technology to spy on Falun Gong members, say critics

13 years ago

Cameron Would Be Crazy To Block Social Networks

The prime minister's suggestion that social networks should be blocked during riots was just puff, says Sophie Curtis

13 years ago

Data Smuggling Software Defeats China Firewall

Computer scientists in the US have successfully disguised data to evade Chinese censorship

13 years ago

Microsoft Baidu Deal Triggers Censorship Concerns

Microsoft's deal to allow Chinese search engine Baidu to utilise Bing is raising censorship concerns

13 years ago

US Funds Bypass For Government Web Censorship

The US is pushing ahead with its plans to override other governments that control access to the Internet

13 years ago

UK Government Prepares To Block Extremist Websites

The UK government is preparing to block sites that promote terrorism and extremism

13 years ago

‘Clueless Politicians’ Propose European Great Firewall

The EU is proposing its own “great firewall” despite ongoing controversy over its Chinese counterpart

14 years ago

Google Blames China For Disrupted Gmail Service

The Chinese government is behind the disrupted Gmail service in mainland China, claims Google

14 years ago

Campaigning MP Claims Support For Online Smut Ban

A backbench MP has claimed that there is 'favourable consensus' on the need for Internet porn filters

14 years ago

President Sarkozy Wants Net Censorship On G8 Agenda

The French president, an opponent of an unregulated Internet, wants to make censorship a global initiative

14 years ago

China Purges Millions Of Pages In Censorship Campaign

The Chinese government has boasted that its 'Great Firewall' has deleted 350 million pieces of 'harmful information'

14 years ago

Saudi Arabia ‘Accidentally’ Blocks Facebook

Saudi Arabia has reportedly blocked access to Facebook, but officials called the incident an 'accidental error'

14 years ago

Government Minister Wants ISPs To Be Content Cops

Google's WiSpy was a problem, says Peter Judge. But Ed Vaizey's mediation idea would rush towards censorship, in the name…

14 years ago

Apple Wins Patent For Text Censoring

Apple has been awarded 18 patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office including the ability to censor text messages

14 years ago

Chinese Government Renews Google’s Licence

China has renewed Google's content provider licence, after the search giant bowed to pressure and stopped providing a route round…

14 years ago

Google Bows To Pressure Over Chinese Redirect

Google will cease rerouting Chinese visitors to its Google.hk portal, after the Chinese government threatened not to renew its operating…

14 years ago

Google Sites Blocked By Turkish Government

The Turkish communications regulator TIB has banned many of Google's sites and services due to "legal reasons"

14 years ago

Google Searches Blocked In China

Chinese web users are complaining that standard searches on the Google Hong Kong website have been blocked

15 years ago

A Censored Internet Is Google’s Worst Nightmare

Google has been praised for taking the moral high ground on search censorship in China, but Google's motives are far…

15 years ago

US Considers WTO Option For Google China Dispute

Google's dispute with China shows no sign of diminishing, after the search engine giant suggested that the issue should be…

15 years ago