Tag Archive | United States
Internet Opens Russia for Democracy Movement
Russia’s protest movement grew and got organized with speed that startled many in the political establishment. Russia’s uncensored Internet allows people to communicate, coordinate and raise money for rallies, all through their computers. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is running for president in elections March 4. His campaign website photos show him skiing, skating and fighting [...]
Internet Censorship: Copyright Enforcement Vs. Censorship — Impact Of ‘Megaupload’ Case
Joss Wright, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, speaks to RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz about the possible impact of the Megaupload copyright case on Internet freedoms around the world. RFE/RL: The U.S. government shut down the file-sharing websites of Megaupload on grounds of copyright infringement [...]
Censorship in America: Hate Speech Overview
Hate speech is, outside the law, any communication that disparages a person or a group on the basis of some characteristic such as race, color, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or other characteristic. In law, hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is forbidden because it may incite [...]
Human Rights: U.S. Accused of Abusing Afghan Prisoners
A commission set up by Afghan President Hamid Karzai is making serious accusations against a U.S.-run prison. In a report released to the media Saturday, the commission accused the United States of abusing and torturing Afghans held at a prison neat Bagram air base, north of the capital of Kabul. The report contains few details [...]
Censorship 2012: New Year’s Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own
| By Seth Schoen | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | The New Year is upon us, and you might be partaking in the tradition of making a resolution for the coming year. This year, why not make a resolution to protect your data privacy with one of the most powerful tools available? Commit to full disk [...]
Censorship: 2011 in Review – Four Cases That Promoted Transparency in 2011
| By Jennifer Lynch and Mark Rumold | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. 2011 was an important year [...]
Censorship: 2011 in Review – Patents Misused to Stifle Innovation
| By Julie Samuels | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. 2011 saw what many had written off as [...]
Burma Celebrates Independence Amid Criticism
Burma is marking the 64th anniversary of its independence from Britain Wednesday, amid criticism that the government’s recent clemency program is not doing enough for political prisoners. President Thein Sein, in a statement commemorating independence day, praised the military’s role in bringing about the recent democratic reforms. He said Burma is “marching towards a democratic [...]
Who Will Be The First Politician To Be GoDaddy’d?
| By Mike Masnick | Sourced from TechDirt | Having GoDaddy back off its support for SOPA/PIPA is one thing, but it hardly kills off these bills. Politicians are still very much in support of the bills, and both bills are poised to move forward in Congress when it comes back into session in late January. [...]
Internet Censorship: Lamar Smith Still Thinks It’s Just Google That Opposes SOPA / PIPA
| By Mike Masnick | Sourced from TechDirt| It’s really quite stunning to watch Lamar Smith pull out really out-dated talking points as he gets more and more desperate to defend SOPA, as he discovers that all the vaunted “support” that the US Chamber of Commerce promised him there was for the bill melts away. [...]
Censorship: 2011 in Review – Developments in ACTA
| By Maira Sutton | Sourced from eff.org (Creative Commons) As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. While Internet blacklist bills exploded into the domestic U.S. [...]
Censorship: 2011 in Review – Ever-Clearer Vulnerabilities in Certificate Authority System
| By Dan Auerbach | Sourced from EFF.org (Creative Commons License) | As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. At EFF we are big fans of [...]
