Former Iranian President’s Website Blocked in Iran
The Telegraph UK reported a few weeks ago that Iran’s government has recently blocked Iranian ex-President Mohammad Khatami’s website, khatami.ir. Led by current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the...
View ArticleInternet Filtering in the Jasmine Revolution
As protests and unrest continue to destabilize the Middle East and North Africa, the effects of these popular revolutions have predictably affected Internet access in these countries. Below is a list...
View ArticleNational Science Foundation Blocks Global Voices Advocacy
Last Wednesday, Berkman Senior Researcher Ethan Zuckerman reported that the National Science Foundation’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., had blocked the Global Voices Advocacy website. A friend of...
View ArticleChinese Censorship Aimed at Preventing Collective Action
Back in 2009 when President Obama paid his first visit to China, the President came out and stated that he was a “big supporter of non-censorship,” claiming that criticism helped him to better serve...
View ArticleTrue Lies: China Hides “Truth” on Sina Weibo
Several media sources reported last week that China’s popular microblogging service Sina Weibo had blocked the word “truth” from its search function. Though Sina later unblocked the term, the incident...
View ArticleRussian ISP temporarily blocks LiveJournal portal on a court order
A Russian Internet service provider unintentionally blocked the entire Russian portal of LiveJournal in one region of Russia while fulfilling a court order to block one LiveJournal blog. Though...
View ArticleOSCE asks Tajikistan to restore access to YouTube
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has called for authorities in Tajikistan to unblock access to YouTube to ensure the free flow of information. In the last two weeks,...
View ArticleGoogle, countries restrict access to controversial anti-Islam video
Over the past week, anti-American protests spread across North Africa and the Middle East in response to an American-made anti-Islam video that mocks the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a lecherous fraud....
View ArticleChina blocks NY Times after Wen Jiabao article
Herdict reports confirm that as of Sunday, October 28, China is continuing to block access to both the English- and Chinese-language New York Times websites. On Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter,...
View ArticleChina’s New Leaders and the Strengthening of Online Censorship
Internet censorship in China, which has long been pervasive, has become even greater in recent weeks, to the point that even those in China who could usually find ways to get around the imposed...
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