censoring

Apple's 'Censoring' Patent Just a Sign of Things to Come

Stevie Converse — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:58:48 -0400

Full article: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Julie Samuels
We shouldn't fearApple's one patent application to censor iPhones from recording live concerts, but rather the larger technology that may be captured by governments and implemented in widespread standards that could have serious consequences, for example, by shutting down citizens’ ability to capture and disseminate video. The technology in this patent just may be a harbinger of that.

Will Facebook Censor for a Shot at the Chinese Market?

Stevie Converse — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:57:06 -0400

Full article: Global Spin
Austin Ramzy
In a story about Facebook's efforts to expand its lobbying efforts in Washington, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> quotes a lobbyist saying the company may censor some content overseas.

Apple's iPhone App Moral Hypocrisy

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:40:28 -0400

Full article: InfoWorld
Galen Gruman
Maybe Steve Jobs is a prude -- how else to explain why Apple is censoring iPhone and iPad apps because of sexual and unkind content? The company wants to ensure both technical and moral purity -- which could be a sure path to killing Apple's creative spirit.

It Gets Worse: Apple Censors a Gay Kiss in Oscar Wilde Comic

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:39:23 -0400

Full article: The Big Money
Kevin Kelleher
Apple's crusade to free all owners of iPhones and iPads from seeing a nude figure is having some comically absurd results. But the more examples of Apple's censoring, the less funny it is. It recently blacked out multiple panels in another graphic novel based on Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The app's apparent sin: images of two men kissing.

China Seeks to Step Up Communication Monitoring

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:41:44 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Sharon LaFraniere
China is on the verge of requiring telecommunications and Internet companies to detect, stop and report leaks of state secrets by their customers, the latest in a string of moves designed to strengthen the government's control over private communications.

China Starts New Bureau to Curb Web

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:40:59 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Jonathan Ansfield
China has quietly formed a new bureau expected to help to police social networking sites and other user-driven forums on the Internet, which are proving harder for the government to monitor and control than ordinary news portals.

Canada Successfully Destroys Parody Websites

Stevie Converse — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:05:53 -0500

Full article: Yes Men
Andy Bichlbaum
The government of Canada has used strong-arm tactics to shut down two parody Web sitescriticizing Canada's poor environmental policy, taking down 4500 other sites in the process.

China Imposes New Internet Controls

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:59:27 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Sharon LaFranier
Under the guise of protecting children from pornography and limiting piracy, China's government censors have taken fresh aim at the Internet. They are rolling out new measures that limit its citizens' ability to set up personal Web sites and to view hundreds of Web sites offering films, video games and other forms of entertainment.

Iran Expanding Effort to Stifle the Opposition

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:19:17 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Robert F. Worth
Stung by the force and persistence of protests, the Iranian government appears to be starting a far more ambitious effort to discredit its opponents and re-educate Iran's mostly young and restive population. The new "soft war" tactics will include gaining more control of the media.

Honduras Shuts Down Media Outlets, Then Relents

Stevie Converse — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:16:11 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Elisabeth Malkin and Ginger Thompson
The de facto government in Honduras backed off its attempt to shut down two media outlets that had been the principal voices of opposition to the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, after congressional leaders warned that they would not support the measure.