Topic - censorship

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Computers, Communications, Internet

China's Skype Watch Revealed

Canadian watchdog group find that, despite the company's assurances, China's government tracked text conversations in Skype.
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General news, Media, Internet

Singapore Bloggers Blast State-Controlled Media

Critics and Internet bloggers question government on escape of Islamic militant.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

Pakistan Blamed for YouTube Outage

Attempt to block video seen as insulting to Islam triggered global shutdown of social networking site.
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Communications, Internet

China Cracks Down on Porn, Again

Authorities shut off a site offering X-rated live videos
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General news, Internet

Google Defends China Censorship

CEO Eric Schmidt reiterates his defense for Google's compromise, but not in earshot of the officials.
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Media

WB's Uncensored Online Show

Pilot episode of racy series debuts on the web in uncensored form before censored network broadcast premiere.
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Computers

Magazine Preview: Dancing with Dictators

"Under Fire" and more in the March 6 issue of Red Herring, which reaches newsstands on Monday.
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General news, Security, Internet

Q&A: Congressman Tom Lantos

Human rights advocate denounces censorship, saying Internet companies ‘have to learn to show some guts.’
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General news, Internet

China Shuts Web Sites

Making good on a pledge this spring, the Chinese government plans to move against unregistered Web sites.
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General news, Communications, Internet

Beating China’s Google censors

While activists complain, entrepreneurs act.
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General news, Internet

eBay bans the ‘N-word’

But other slurs make the cut.
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Computers, General news, Security, Communications, Internet, Finance

China in the digital age

Staying one step ahead of the information police.