http://goldsteinreport.com/ RSS feed for the Censorship category. en-au Thu, 16 May 2013 12:32:28 +1000 Copyright: Goldstein Report 2005-2006 http://goldsteinreport.com/page?id=rss 120 http://goldsteinreport.com/images/site/rsslogo2.jpg http://goldsteinreport.com/ http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20281 For the second time this month, the civil war-torn nation of Syria lost its connection to the Internet this morning before emerging from the Internet blackout several hours later, according to information provided by Arbor Networks. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20281 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:31:53 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20278 On Monday the US justice department admitted it knew of every phone call made by 100 Associated Press reporters in April and May last year. It had seized the details, undisclosed, from the relevant phone companies. No reason was given. The department said it "valued the freedom of the press", but - that phrase is always followed by but - it had to balance this against the public interest in security. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20278 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:39:36 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20277 China has launched a new drive to tame its boisterous microblogging culture by closing influential accounts belonging to writers and intellectuals who have used them to highlight social injustice. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20277 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:38:47 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20240 The internet in Syria appears to have returned after a nationwide blackout knocked the country offline for more than 19 hours. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20240 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:08:52 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20239 Earlier today, we learned that Internet traffic between Syria and Western online services had plummeted drastically, indicated that the country's connection to the wider Internet had been shut down. Reports from Renesys and Google confirmed the routes into Syria had been withdrawn, implying either a massive infrastructure cut, or a deliberate silencing of online communication. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20239 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:07:56 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20238 The World Wide Web became a little less worldwide on Tuesday afternoon. Suddenly, Syria disappeared, at least from the perspectives of Google and Akamai. Nineteen hours later, it appears to have come back on. How was it turned off? Four fibre-optic lines carry Internet traffic in and out of the country. Perhaps, as the government says, the rebels cut them all. Or perhaps four scavengers simultaneously digging for copper wrenched their spades in at the same time. But most likely, President Bashar al-Assad did the deed. The government also flipped the kill switch last fall, and security firms report that the shutdown comes from sophisticated engineering, not coördinated slicing or accidental shovelling. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20238 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:06:56 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20229 Internet connections between Syria and the outside world were cut off on Tuesday, according to data from Google Inc and other global Internet companies. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20229 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:03:24 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20219 We've all come to rely on spell-checkers that correct misspellings as we type. Now, Google has filed a patent for a tool that seems like an evil-checker: a software system that could prevent people from writing out, in electronic correspondence and documents, phrases that run afoul of policies or laws. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20219 Tue, 07 May 2013 12:53:14 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20195 Just a little more than two years ago, the world witnessed the overthrow of three North African dictators and ensuing protests across much of the Arab world on television and social media, the latter of which was much lauded as a catalyzing tool. But while 2011 was a time of hopefulness and increased openness throughout much of the region, 2012 brought about increased repression, both online and off. From Bahrain, named an "enemy of the Internet" by Reporters Without Borders, to Egypt, the trend is toward censorship, surveillance, and increased regulation. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20195 Wed, 01 May 2013 13:27:20 +1000 Censorship http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20169 In the latest edition of its Transparency Report, released this morning, Google revealed that the final six months of 2012 saw an increase in government requests to remove content -- often YouTube videos. All told, Google received 2,285 such requests (compared with 1,811 during the first half of 2012) that named a total of 24,179 pieces of content for removal (compared with 18,070 in the preceding period). http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20169 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:50:49 +1000 Censorship