Censorship

SNP Manifesto Pledges Support For Innovation And Privacy

SNP wants research institutions and the private sector to collaborate and commercialise innovations but won't back any 'Snooper's Charter'

9 years ago

Pro-Privacy Lib Dem Manifesto Details Digital Bill Of Rights And Green Economy

Lib Dems say they would protect privacy of UK citizens, hold a complete review of state surveillance and promote green…

9 years ago

Facebook Still Being Squeezed By Government Data Requests

Facebook reports global rise in government demands for user data, also updates community standards banning buttocks

9 years ago

Coca-Cola Withdraws Twitter Campaign After Quoting ‘Mein Kampf’

#MakeItHappy Twitter campaign algorithm hijacked by Gawker @MeinCoke bot, Coca-Cola tweeted introduction to infamous book

9 years ago

Net Neutrality: Internet Providers Could Be Forced To Release The Chokehold On All Ya’ll

America's Federal Communications Commission gives net neutrality the thumbs up with latest proposals

9 years ago

TalkTalk Follows Sky Lead, Blocks Porn By Default

HomeSafe will offer protection from adult content as standard to TalkTalk customers

9 years ago

Google And Max Mosley Square Off Over Sex Party Images

Spank you very much, as Max Mosley slaps Google with a lawsuit over sex party images

9 years ago

China Cracks Down On 50 ‘Violating’ Websites

Cyberspace Administration of China says sites breached policies on pornography and political news

9 years ago

Netflix Denies Change To VPN Policies

Netflix denies caving into pressure from Hollywood and TV studios over geographic licensing issues

9 years ago

Google Gmail Block Continues In China

China's Great Firewall reportedly blocks access to Gmail, but the Chinese media blame Google for the disruption

9 years ago

China Denies Apple iCloud Hack

Chinese government reportedly denies an attempt to intercept user data from Apple's iCloud

10 years ago

Instagram ‘Blocked In China’

Instagram has reportedly joined Facebook, Twitter on the list of social media services inaccessible in China, as protests continue in…

10 years ago

Apple To Hire Local Manager In China For Data Requests

Apple looks to hire a local manager in China to handle 'data requests' from the Chinese government

10 years ago

Wikipedia Entry Faces Google ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Removal

Are Google's worst fears about “right to be forgotten” requests coming to fruition, with Wikipedia entry removal?

10 years ago

House Of Lords Slams EU ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Ruling

European ruling on 'right to be forgotten' is unworkable, says House of Lords

10 years ago

‘Friendly Wi-Fi’ Aims To Stop Porn Access In Public Hotspots

The voluntary scheme was designed to protect children from harmful content

10 years ago

Google Disruption Resumes In China After Brief Respite

The Great Firewall of China is back up and blocking Google access after a brief pause for Chinese users

10 years ago

Cloudfare Offers DDoS Protection For ‘Free Speech’ Websites

CloudFlare offers free anti-DDoS protection for political and artistic websites exercising 'free speech'

10 years ago

Turkey Restores YouTube Access Following Two-Month Ban

Turkey's telecommunications regulator said it has complied with a court ruling ordering it to restore access to YouTube

10 years ago

Iran President Urges Embrace Of Internet

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Internet is an 'opportunity', and connection speeds will improve - but censorship continues

10 years ago

Google Readies Takedown Tool After EU Ruling Creates Surge Of Requests

Policiticans and paedophiles have asked to have links removed from search results. Google will make an automated tool to sift…

10 years ago

Russian Authorities Are Planning To Place New Restrictions On Internet Freedom

Russian lawmakers want to introduce new rules for bloggers, educational establishments and Internet Service Providers

10 years ago

Turkey Twitter Accounts Shut After Court Rulings

Accounts that leaked videos related to a corruption scandal in Turkey appear to have been blocked

10 years ago

Turkish ISPs Set Up Fake Google DNS Servers

Google concerned over fake Domain Name System servers apparently set up by Turkish ISPs, amidst various forms of web censorship…

10 years ago

Turkish Government Blocks YouTube Access Following Video Leak

YouTube ban follows last week’s shutdown of Twitter in the country

10 years ago

Turkish Court Suspends Twitter Ban

Turkish court rules that the country must lift a ban on Twitter that had been imposed last week by Turkey's…

10 years ago

Turkish Government ‘Blocks’ Twitter

“Twitter, schmitter” says Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who vows to ‘wipe out’ the social network in Turkey

10 years ago