Censorship articles

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  Twitter alerted NBC about tweet that got journalist banned

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 31, 2012 08:13 am + 49 comments

  Yesterday, a journalist was banned from Twitter for tweeting the corporate email address of a NBC Continue reading…

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  A powerful 'Chinanet' is growing behind the 'Great Firewall'

  By Amar Toor on July 31, 2012 02:58 am + 23 comments

  Here in the US, it's easy to picture the Chinese internet as one big game of cat and mouse — a Continue reading…

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  Did Twitter ban a journalist for #NBCFail?

  By Chris Welch on July 30, 2012 05:52 pm + 115 comments

  Something of a controversy has arisen on Twitter after the account of Guy Adams — Los Angeles Continue reading…

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  Chinese mobile internet usage jumps 22 percent to 388 million

  By Louis Goddard on July 19, 2012 07:28 am + 7 comments

  388 million people in China now use the internet on mobile devices, according to figures from the Continue reading…

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  Internet censorship bill passes upper house of Russian Parliament

  By Bryan Bishop on July 18, 2012 09:46 pm + 25 comments

  Despite criticisms and Wikipedia protests, Russia's upper house of parliament passed a controversial Continue reading…

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  FCC chairman Julius Genachowski slams Russia internet censorship as 'troubling and dangerous'

  By Chris Welch on July 12, 2012 12:27 pm + 10 comments

  FCC head Julius Genachowski is none too pleased with the internet censorship law that was passed by Continue reading…

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  Russia's parliament approves web censorship law

  By Amar Toor on July 12, 2012 05:05 am + 38 comments

  Russia's parliament this week passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to Continue reading…

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  Russian Wikipedia goes dark in protest of proposed web censorship

  By Amar Toor on July 10, 2012 01:09 am + 20 comments

  The Russian version of Wikipedia is going dark this week, in protest of proposed legislation that Continue reading…

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  The New York Times launches Chinese-language website

  By Amar Toor on June 28, 2012 01:29 am + 11 comments

  The New York Times today launched a new Chinese-language website, in the hopes of gaining new Continue reading…

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  US government takedown requests more than triple in 12 months, says Google Report

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 18, 2012 07:11 am + 15 comments

  In its new Transparency Report, Google presents a look at the number and nature of the takedown Continue reading…