Why China hates the iPhoneThe rest of the world may be experiencing iPhone fever, but public reaction to the phone’s release in China has been decidedly tepid. And it’s not just the high price that is turning consumers off — it’s the government’s continued stranglehold on the Net.
Internet censorship
Is Twitter protecting celebrities from nasty tweets?
Blogger Mickey Kaus has found something sketchy happening on The Twitter: insulting tweets about celebrity twitterers are disappearing from search results. Grassy knoll territory? Or is the company protecting one of its most valuable asset, the Twitterati?
Conroy’s internet filter dread
Senator Stephen Conroy must soon set aside the joys of taking the axe to Telstra — satisfying though that must be — and return to a topic he surely dreads: internet censorship.
How the Falun Gong powered Iran’s protests
When it comes to subverting government internet censorship, few are more experienced than China’s Falun Gong. So when Iranians started using the net to organise protests, the Falun Gong thought they’d lend a hand…
Internet filtering: speed won’t be the issue
With word that Conroy’s internet filter doesn’t affect ISPs’ speed, the debate will now centre around whether internet filtering actually “works” or not.
Thailand censors The Economist
Thai magazine distributors have blocked an edition of The Economist from even entering the country due to an article about the Thai government’s censorship of internet sites said to be critical of the royal family.
Internet and Twitter blocked in Xinjiang
China appeared to have blocked Twitter across the country and internet access in a Xinjiang province, following bloody clashes between Uighur protesters and police in the region.
China: reports of Green Dam’s death greatly exagerated
Celebrations over news that China are ditching their plan to further censor the country’s Internet were a bit premature — officials are now saying it has just been postponed, with several companies such as Sony, Benq and Acer already shipping out censored PCs. Dam.
Chipping away at the Great Firewall of China
The Chinese government has decided not to go ahead with plans to put internet censoring software on every new computer, following widespread criticism from the international community.
Stop blogging! One artist protests China’s net censorship
The most interesting person online in China has decided to take drastic action to demonstrate against rapidly increasing government censorship, to shut down the internet for one day.
China: Google “severely endangering China’s youth”
The Chinese government has opened a witch hunt on Google China, forcing them to suspend automated keywords and accusing them of “severely endangering” the country’s youth.
Green Dam takes China’s net censorship to scary new level
The Chinese government announced a new initiative to include software on ever PC sold in China that blocks porn. But problems with the software range from the silly to the absolutely terrifying.
Conroy take note: firewalled countries rebel
The most oppressive regimes in the world uniformly censor the Internet, but some Chinese geeks have found a loop hole and an online rebellion has begun…
Kruddiversary: The internet thanks you for 12 months of achieving nothing
One year on, precisely none of the NBN has been built. The Cyber-Safety Plan is trialling (again) unworkable internet filters while Senator Conroy accuses everyone of being a pervert, writes Stilgherrian.
Hamilton: Net p-rn goes way beyond naughty
Net libertarians greet any suggested degradation with howls of protest because they refuse to acknowledge the extent of the social problem the Government is trying to address, writes Clive Hamilton.
The Orwellian censorship of Wikileaks
Internet censorship is something we normally associate with countries such as Iran or China, but increasingly Western governmental and legal authorities are aggressively restricting the ability of users to view information unimpeded, writes Antony Loewenstein.
