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Syria bans iPhones because of uprising videos.

Dec 5, 2011
Why just iPhones remains unclear
Posted In: syria, iPhone, censorship, Arab Spring
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New rules in China

Oct 26, 2011
China is tightening its already-strict censorship policies. Microblogging and instant messaging are the latest forms of communication that the...
Posted In: censorship, China, Tech Report
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TechNuggets: banned websites, Gore loses to Gorbachev, mind reading cars

Sep 29, 2011
Yesterday the American Association of School Librarians organized Banned Website Awareness Day. The New York Times quotes a Chicago librarian...
Posted In: al gore, cars, censorship, domain names, mind control, Tech Report
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Foreign tech companies helped Gaddafi

Aug 31, 2011
The Wall Street Journal published an article Tuesday detailing how foreign technology firms provided systems that helped the Gaddafi government spy...
Posted In: censorship, Libya
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China cracks down on microblogging

Aug 31, 2011
China's state-supported news agency issued an advisory on Tuesday that Internet providers and police do more to crack down on "toxic rumors" on...
Posted In: censorship, China, microblogging
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Pakistan bans encryption software

Aug 31, 2011
China isn't the only large Asian country to oppress its citizens. Pakistan is now banning ...
Posted In: censorship, Pakistan
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Kung Fu Pandas are the first DreamWorks films to be online in China

Aug 31, 2011
DreamWorks Animation struck a deal with Chinese Internet-video company Youku.com to distribute Kung Fu Pandas 1&2. Most Chinese who see...
Posted In: censorship, China, movies
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Chinese egg and shoe attack possible

May 20, 2011
Weird headline, I know. Weird story too. A Twitter user who claims to be in China has claimed to have thrown an egg and a shoe at Fang Binxing, the...
Posted In: censorship, China, Twitter
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China's internet to be more tightly controlled. In other news, water to get more wet.

May 5, 2011
China has established a new State Internet Information Office to control what's going on online. In the past, internet control has been part of the...
Posted In: censorship, China, Internet

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