Don't be surprised if Google's sites and services become inaccessible to people within China. The search giant has gotten in trouble with a newspaper called the People's Daily, and said publication just happens to be the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China.
The Committee to Protect Journalists is condemning the recent arrests of online journalists and political bloggers in Vietnam.
The crackdown comes as online journalists and bloggers independent reporting challenges Vietnam's tightly censored state-run media's monopoly on local news and opinion.
China has banned websites that feature online games, which glamorize violence, saying violators will be "severely punished," state media said on Tuesday.
China's Ministry of Culture said such games violated regulation on Internet administration, because they "advocate obscenity, gambling, or violence," and "undermine morality and Chinese traditional culture," a posting on the ministry's website said.
The Tiananmen Square Massacre occurred on June 4th, 1989, and it appears that the Chinese government is going to mark the 20th anniversary in its own special way. Within the country, access to just about every major social media site has been blocked.
Recently, a bit of a stink was made over Australia’s secret website black list and threatened $11,000 fines for those linking to sites on the secret list. That list is secret no longer, and reveals some disturbing information.
It’s been a little over 2 years since Australia announced it would move forward with plans to start censoring the internet.
Be glad if you’re not running a website, blog, or forum in Australia right now. If you linked to the wrong website, a site on the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s secret blacklist, they can fine you $11,000 ($7,262 US) per day that link stays live.
PR reps at Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft can breathe a small sigh of relief; in a new document from Reporters Without Borders titled "Internet Enemies," they're not among the things identified as foes. It even looks like Reporters Without Borders might be starting to regard them as allies.
It never hurts to ask. Representatives of Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International have written the CEOs of Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to see if they would please cease censoring things for just one day.
Digg seems to be divided into two types of users - the "power users" and the users who feel cheated because the "power users" dominate everything. Last week, Digg announced updates to its algorithm.
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