http://www.circleid.com/ Latest Censorship related postings on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-12-04T12:22:00-08:00 130 45 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/china_internet_cafes_microsoft_to_chinese_os/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/china_internet_cafes_microsoft_to_chinese_os/ More...]]> 2008-12-03T14:51:00-08:00 internetcensorshipprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081201_free_slow_censored_internet_bad_idea/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081201_free_slow_censored_internet_bad_idea/ Wall Street Journal: "Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer groups [nb. and from me]... The winning bidder would be required to set aside a quarter of the airwaves for a free Internet service [nb. the WSJ hasn't got that part quite right]." More...]]> 2008-12-01T13:18:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandcensorshippolicy_regulationwireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081122_ntia_nominations_online_safetty/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081122_ntia_nominations_online_safetty/ More...]]> 2008-11-22T13:23:00-08:00 internetaccess_providerscensorshiplawpolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/government_net_censorship_australia_backlash/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/government_net_censorship_australia_backlash/ More...]]> 2008-11-11T10:17:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandcensorshippolicy_regulationprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081028_global_network_initiative/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081028_global_network_initiative/ More...]]> 2008-10-28T16:20:00-08:00 internetcensorshipinternet_protocolprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/dpi_copyrouter_isp_inspect_every_file/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/dpi_copyrouter_isp_inspect_every_file/ More...]]> 2008-10-16T17:44:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandcensorshipp2pprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081002_skype_messes_up_badly/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081002_skype_messes_up_badly/ More...]]> 2008-10-02T22:21:00-08:00 internetcensorshipinternet_governanceprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081002_china_privacy_breach_tom_skype/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081002_china_privacy_breach_tom_skype/ Citizen Lab, at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. The following are introductory excerpts from the study... More...]]> 2008-10-02T10:26:00-08:00 internetcensorshipinternet_governanceprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081001_china_censorship_wikipedia_wales/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081001_china_censorship_wikipedia_wales/ More...]]> 2008-10-01T09:56:00-08:00 internetcensorshipweb http://www.circleid.com/posts/88267_nationalism_internationalized_domain_names/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88267_nationalism_internationalized_domain_names/ The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is a California based independent, nonprofit research group with 40 years of experience in identifying emerging trends that will transform global society... Turns out they are quite concerned about the fragmentation and control of the Internet as well. But will it be an inevitability? More...]]> 2008-08-26T07:07:00-08:00 internetcensorshipdomain_namesinternet_governancemultilinguismpolicy_regulationtop_level_domains http://www.circleid.com/posts/88664_internet_companies_code_of_conduct_china/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88664_internet_companies_code_of_conduct_china/ More...]]> 2008-08-06T06:53:00-08:00 internetcensorshipinternet_governanceweb http://www.circleid.com/posts/gifc_software_internet_censorship_china/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/gifc_software_internet_censorship_china/ press release). "It's a very good time remind Western reporters that there are such tools," said Tao Wang, director of operations for the Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC), adding that some Western reporters based in China routinely use the group's tools. More...]]> 2008-08-04T10:00:00-08:00 internetcensorship http://www.circleid.com/posts/ioc_internet_censorship_china/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/ioc_internet_censorship_china/ China's Internet spying and censorship during the Olympics, today's reports indicate that some officials from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had made prior arrangements to allow China block sensitive websites despite promises of unrestricted access. China had committed to providing media with the same freedom to report on the Games as they enjoyed at previous Olympics, but journalists have this week complained of finding access to sites deemed sensitive to its communist leadership blocked, Nick Mulvenney of Reuters reports. Updated 7/31/2008 More...]]> 2008-07-30T10:28:00-08:00 internetcensorshipprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/86278_icann_global_content_regulator/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/86278_icann_global_content_regulator/ ICANN's decision this week to adopt a new process for creating new global Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Publishing a clear, transparent and objective process is thought likely to result in a considerable expansion of gTLDs -- although nobody really knows whether this means "quite a lot" or "many thousands"... Less attention has been given to one of the new tests ICANN will use when considering whether to approve a new gTLD, contained in GNSO's sixth recommendation... More...]]> 2008-06-27T08:28:00-08:00 internetcensorshipdnsdomain_namesinternet_governancepolicy_regulationtop_level_domains http://www.circleid.com/posts/86257_fcc_internet_filtering/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/86257_fcc_internet_filtering/ More...]]> 2008-06-25T07:42:00-08:00 internetaccess_providerscensorshipnet_neutralitypolicy_regulationwireless