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China Likely To Censor The Web During Games

China says it can't promise that it won't censor the Internet this summer during the Beijing Olympics.Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympic organizers, had assured the International Olympic Committee that the 30,000 reporters covering the games would have open access to the Internet.

Pirate Bay Opens Uncensored Blogging Service

Stay on the right side of Swedish laws, and the gleeful operators of The Pirate Bay's blogging service, Baywords, won't cave to demands for one's blog to be taken down.

Google Opposes Anti-Censorship Bid

Some of Google's shareholders have again tried to make censorship an issue by proposing the search advertising company reject dealing with oppressive governments.

Beijing Shutters Video Sharing Sites

The visuals of protests in Lhasa against Chinese rule of Tibet continue to spook the central Chinese government, which shut down 25 video sharing sites.

China Blocks YouTube Amid Tibet Unrest

Video sharing site YouTube became unavailable in China as authorities cracked down on protests in neighboring Tibet.

Blogger Busts Chinese Propaganda Photo

It's no wonder the Chinese government doesn't really trust the Internet. It makes it a lot easier to call them out. Darn those democratic institutions! Chinese bloggers and forum members forced a photographer to admit he doctored a photo for the good of the State. It's not that there aren't pregnant chiru antelope in Tibet, it's just that they're usually not pregnant in June. And trains scare them.

Pakistan Shutters YouTube

Pakistan forced all Internet service providers in the country to block the YouTube Web site for hosting "blasphemous" content it said was offensive to Islam.

Russia's Medvedev Seems Okay With Online Freedoms

Say what you want about censorship in Russia; the man who will likely become the country's next president publicly recognized that, at least in theory, the Internet has made the spread of information much freer.

China Censors Horror Material

China says it is banning all audio and video content that features horror related themes according to the General Administration of Press and Publications.Specifically the banned content includes, "wronged spirits and violent ghost, monsters, demons, and other inhuman portrayals, strange and supernatural storytelling for the sole purpose of seeking terror and horror," the administration said.

Google Denies Censoring Egyptian Footballer

At the end of January, Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Aboutrika was the talk of the soccer world. Scoring the winning goal to defeat Sudan's team, Aboutrika raised his shirt to reveal a message of Palestinian sympathy.It read: Sympathize with Gaza.