Censorship

US SOPA Bill Killed In Congress

The SOPA Anti-piracy bill has been scuttled, but the Senate's PIPA bill sails on

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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

12 years ago

Beijing Clamps Microblogs With Registration Regulation

China continues its online clampdown after ordering the registration of real names on microblog sites

12 years ago

India Urges Tech Firms To Cut Offensive Content

India is urging Google, Microsoft and Facebook to halt the uploading of “objectionable” web content

12 years ago

Google Sued By Max Mosley For ‘Orgy’ Search

The former head of FIA, Max Mosley wants Google to remove damaging search results proactively

12 years ago

Google Continues Silent Censorship

Google blocks lazy pirates by refusing to autocomplete the names of certain sites

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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

13 years ago

Government Asks YouTube To Pull Down 135 Videos

The UK government is increasingly asking YouTube to block videos for security reasons, Google report says

13 years ago

Beijing Defends Right To Censor Internet

The Chinese government has defended its “Great Firewall Of China” following fresh American pressure

13 years ago

ISPs Defend New Porn Filtering Measures

Virgin Media, BT, Sky and TalkTalk say their new child-protection measures will not affect existing customers

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

Google Blames China For Disrupted Gmail Service

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

13 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

13 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

13 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'

13 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