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Inside the Mystery of Comcast and the Great Pirate Bay Blockade

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:01:17 -0400

Full article: Fast Company
David Zax
Comcast users are finding themselves unable to access the Pirate Bay, "the world's most resilient torrent site." The Pirate Bay has survived huge lawsuits, inspired its own political party in Sweden and is equipped to survive nuclear apocalypse. But it's no match for -- whatever's going on.

China Dismisses Google Accusations on Gmail

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:48:52 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Chris Buckley
China's Foreign Ministry said that it did not accept accusations from Google that the Chinese government was making it difficult for Gmail users to use the service in the country.

Google Accuses Chinese of Blocking Gmail Service

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:56:50 -0400

Full article: New York Times
David Barboza and Claire Cain Miller
Google has accused the Chinese government of disrupting Gmail in the country, making it difficult in the last few weeks for users here to gain access to the company's popular email service.

U.S. Military Blocks Websites to Help Japan Recovery Efforts

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:54:34 -0400

Full article: CNN
Mark Preston
The U.S. military has blocked access to a range of popular commercial websites in order to free up bandwidth for use in Japan recovery efforts. The sites -- including YouTube, ESPN, Amazon, eBay and MTV -- were chosen not because of the content but because their popularity among users of military computers account for significant bandwidth.

In a U.S. Company Assisting Egyptian Surveillance?

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:55:11 -0500

Full article: Cato @ Liberty
Jim Harper
Boeing subsidiary Narus reports on its website that it "protects and manages" a number of worldwide networks, including that of Egypt Telecom. It's very hard to know how Narus's technology was used in Egypt before the country pulled the plug on its Internet connectivity, or how it's being used now. Narus is declining comment. So what's to be done?

Wary of Egypt Unrest, China Censors Web

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:24:32 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Edward Wong and David Barboza
In another era, China's leaders might have been content to let discussion of the protests in Egypt float around among private citizens, then fizzle out. Challenges in recent years to authoritarian governments around the globe and violent uprisings in parts of China itself have made Chinese officials increasingly wary of leaving such talk unchecked, especially on the Internet.

Twitter Is Blocked in Egypt Amidst Rising Protests

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:04:02 -0500

Full article: TechCrunch
Erick Schonfeld
Inspired by the recent Tunisian demonstrations against corruption, protesters are filling the streets of Cairo. And like the protests in Tunisia, the Egyptian ones were partly organized on Facebook and Twitter. And now Twitter appears to be blocked in Egypt.

Twitter Confirms It Is Blocked in Egypt

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:14:39 -0500

Full article: Reuters
Alexei Oreskovic and Peter Henderson
Twitter confirmed that it had been blocked in Egypt, where thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

Quasi-Governmental Entities AT&T and Verizon Blocking Wikileaks Sites?

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:30:56 -0500

Full article: Emptywheel
We know the government is blocking Wikileaks sites: the Air Force, the Library of Congress, the Department of Education, as well as orders from the State Department that its employees should not read the leaked cables. AT&T and Verizon may be blocking Wikileaks sites internally, too.

Air Force Blocks Sites That Posted Secret Cables

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:12:16 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Eric Schmitt
The Air Force is barring its personnel from using work computers to view the websites of the <em>New York Times</em> and more than 25 other news organizations and blogs that have posted secret cables obtained by WikiLeaks, Air Force officials said.