A rather unusual event took place in New York City this past Sunday: the New York Mets' Citi Field was filled to capacity with Orthodox Jews — males only, in keeping with the religion's code — who Continue reading…
Iran's attempts at censoring digital communications have come under global scrutiny in recent months, and now the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a fatwa outlawing Continue reading…
China's Sina Weibo micro-blogging platform has unveiled new terms of service that require all of its members to sign "user contracts" that forbid them from posting anti-government content. Slated to Continue reading…
Tonight, 500px released an update to its popular iPad photo gallery app that contains a number of performance improvements and bug fixes. There's one particular note in the changelog that caught our Continue reading…
Google is sometimes obligated to censor restricted areas like military complexes and sensitive political locations, but the Dutch government has decided to dress the practice up a bit. Instead of Continue reading…
According to Linux Format, the February 2012 issue of the magazine has been pulled from Barnes & Noble shelves in the US due to a cover story called "Learn to Hack." The magazine says that the issue Continue reading…
Sergey Brin has taken to Google+ today to distance himself from reports earlier this week that he believes internet walled gardens are on a par with governmental censorship. Brin explains that his Continue reading…
The South Korean government is cracking down on internet racism by giving its media watchdog the power to delete offensive posts. Six comments have been removed from unspecified sites by the Korea Continue reading…
Hackers from Anonymous appear to have breached hundreds of Chinese government websites this week, leaking some administrator accounts and other information, and many sites remain down or defaced. The Continue reading…
A Japanese court has made a provisional order for Google to delete specific terms from its autocomplete search feature that associate a man with crimes he claims not to be involved with. The man's Continue reading…
