Looming showdown. Indian government request for Twitter to remove 1,100 accounts and posts is refused by the micro-blogging platform

Looming showdown. Indian government request for Twitter to remove 1,100 accounts and posts is refused by the micro-blogging platform
Platform continues clampdown on certain tweets from US President Donald Trump, with new warning on his Tuesday tweet about protesters in Washington DC
Facebook’s Zuckerberg singled out for criticism by senior-level staff after allowing presidential post that Twitter labelled as ‘glorifying violence’
E-commerce giant fires two more workers after they criticised working conditions in warehouses amid the Coronavirus pandemic
But staff activists allege that Google fired the four employees in attempt to quash workers attempts to organise protests
Relationship between Google staff and management sinks to new low after worker surveillance allegation
App violated rules says Apple, as it allowed protesters in Hong Kong to ambush police
Going offline. Protesters in Hong Kong are reportedly using a Bluetooth-based messaging app to communicate
As protests continue in Moscow, Russian regulator warns to Google stop ‘advertising’ protests on YouTube
Dreamhost said it plans to hand over data on users of a protest organisation website to the US government, after a court imposed restrictions on its use
The DDoS attack on Narita International Airport was in retaliation for Japan’s barring of a prominent animal welfare activist
Investigation into sexual assault claims against Julian Assange have been dropped, but the rape accusation still stands
European capital cities faced gridlocked traffic conditions yesterday after taxi protest at smartphone app
A storm in a bus stop as tech firms agree to contribute after street protests in San Francisco
Residents in San Francisco stopped a bus carrying Google staff to protest at its contribution to local coffers
Blocks access in Egypt and Lybia, but maintains that “Innocence of Muslims” doesn’t violate the site’s policies
Google fights against Big Brother
A cat signal by the Internet Defense League will warn about the next SOPA
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is just another way to satisfy the US corporate overlords now SOPA is gone, argues Eric Doyle
Apple fans are to urged the company to take a more ethical manufacturing stance after recent reports of worker conditions
Two European countries have frozen work on ratification, and a day of protests is planned for 11 February
A key MEP protests the ACTA copyright treaty which could become European law in June
Wikipedia and others have shut down their Websites in protest against US anti-piracy legislation
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’
Several big name IT companies are considering overt protests against the proposed US Stop Online Piracy Act
Apple’s iPhone banned to silence reports of violence against protestors in Syria’s Arab Spring revolt
In support of anti-police protests in San Francisco, Anonymous has leaked the personal data of BART customers
The Metropolitan Police’s purchase of GeoTime tracking software will be misused, warn privacy groups
Arbor Networks has reported that Libya’s Internet connection has gone offline, with Bahrain also throttled
The activist group ‘Anonymous’ has attacked websites belonging to the Yemeni and Egyptian governments in support of protests