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China seeks identity of Web site operators
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| The "trial regulations" were issued by
| China's Ministry of Industry and
| Information Technology under the auspices
| of an ongoing anti-porn campaign, but they
| will also help the government create
| records of all sites in the country and
| could be used to block other types of
| online content, the IDG News Service
| reported Tuesda
|
| [...]
|
| Google and China have been in a showdown
| since Google announced last month that it
| was targeted by a hacker attack that
| appeared to originate in China and which
| targeted Gmail users who are human rights
| activists. At the time, Google said it
| would stop censoring its searches in that
| domain and might even pull out of the
| country entirely.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10458420-245.html
China tightens internet controls
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| China has tightened controls on internet
| use, requiring anyone who wants to set up
| a website to meet regulators and produce
| ID documents.
|
| The technology ministry said the measures
| were designed to tackle online
| pornography, but internet activists see it
| as increased government censorship.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8530378.stm
UPDATE: Victory - YouTube Permits Amy Greenfield Art
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| YouTube responded to the letter from EFF
| and the National Coalition Against
| Censorship by doing just what we asked.
| They state: "We have re-reviewed your
| videos and have reinstated them with an
| age gate." This is good news, and YouTube
| is to be commended for correcting its
| error.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/youtube-should-permit-amy-greenfield-art
Yes, Google Will Even Delete Its Own Employees' Sites From Google Index If They Screw Up
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| Now, that certainly doesn't preclude the
| possibility that Google takes revenge on
| sites it doesn't like, but it's at least
| more evidence that the ranking system
| really is pretty algorithmically focused
| -- and even Google employees aren't immune
| to being delisted for screwing up. If your
| site gets delisted from Google, it's not
| personal.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100224/0138408282.shtml
Google Will Appeal Employee Convictions in Italian Court
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| Google plans on appealing the convictions
| of three of its employees in Italian
| court, after a judge in Milan ruled that
| the search-engine giant was responsible
| for a 2006 video clip, posted to Google
| Video's Italian site, showing three Turin
| high school students bullying a teenager
| with Down syndrome. Google is arguing that
| the Italian legal system holding a neutral
| hosting platform liable for user content
| represents a threat to the fundamental
| concept of a free and open Internet. All
| three Google employees received prison
| sentences of up to six months, although
| reports indicate that those sentences will
| likely be suspended.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Will-Appeal-Employee-Convictions-In-Italian-Court-780912/
Conviction of Google Execs in Italy Shear Madness
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190125/google_execs_convicted_italy.html?tk=rss_news
When American and European Ideas of Privacy Collide
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| And what Italian prosecutors labeled a
| battle over principle may well have had
| another goal.
|
| âItalian media is full of naked women and
| embarrassing revelations about both
| celebrities and ordinary people,â
| Professor Crawford wrote. âAny concern for
| privacy in this case is a pious cover for
| an (also naked) assertion of power over
| online companies.â
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/weekinreview/28liptak.html
Conroy's website removes references to filter
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| THE minister in charge of the Government's
| web censorship plan has been caught out
| censoring his own website.
|
| The front page of Communications Minister
| Stephen Conroy's official website displays
| a list of topics connected to his
| portfolio, along with links to more
| information about each one.
|
| All the usual topics are there â cyber
| safety, the national broadband network,
| broadcasters ABC and SBS, digital
| television and so on.
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/conroys-website-removes-references-to-filter/story-e6frfro0-1225834474153
Why Conroy loves porn
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| Every time anti-filtering campaigners
| mention porn, they play right into Senator
| Conroy's hands.
|
| Conroy obviously doesn't care what the
| online community thinks of his mandatory
| filtering plans. He will only change his
| mind about filtering if mainstream
| Australia turns against him, and that's
| never going to happen while the debate
| remains focused on porn.
|
| A recent survey by the ABC's Hungry Beast
| found 80 per cent of Australians support
| the idea of "having a mandatory Government
| Internet filter that would automatically
| block all access in Australia, to overseas
| websites containing material that is
| Refused Classification".
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http://digihub.theage.com.au/node/1553
Conroy brings forward telecom reform bill
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| Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has
| vowed to bring forward the
| telecommunications structural reform
| legislation in the first March sitting
| week after accusing Coalition senators of
| blocking debate in the Senate.
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http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/37226-conroy-brings-forward-telecom-reform-bill
Rudd says âno apologiesâ for internet filter
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| Prime Minister Kevin Rudd this morning
| threw more wood on the fiery debate about
| the Governmentâs internet filtering plans,
| saying it wouldnât apologise for pushing
| ahead with the initiative.
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http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/government-tech-policy/37202-rudd-says-no-apologies-for-internet-filter
Cashing in on Internet censorship
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| A growing number of software companies are
| capitalizing on an unexpected business
| opportunity: Internet censorship.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/18/internet.censorship.business/index.html
Recent:
Swimwear seller hit by Apple's removal of 'sexual' apps
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| As Apple has officially clarified its new ban
| on "overtly sexual content" in the App Store,
| one application featuring pictures of women
| in bikinis -- to sell beachwear -- was
| removed.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/23/swimwear_seller_hit_by_apples_removal_of_sexual_apps.html
iPhone developers angry as Apple purges adult apps
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| Developers have expressed anger at Apple's
| decision to ban some adult-themed
| applications from its iPhone.
|
| Thousands of apps with adult-themed content
| have been removed from the store since Friday
| although some, such as one from Playboy,
| remain.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8530124.stm
Apple Censors Dalai Lama IPhone Apps in China
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| Apple appears to have blocked iPhone
| applications related to the Dalai Lama in
| its China App Store, making it the latest
| U.S. technology company to censor its
| services in China.
|
| Those apps, which appear in most countries'
| versions of the App Store, do not currently
| appear in the Chinese version. Another app
| related to Rebiya Kadeer, who like the Dalai
| Lama is an exiled minority leader reviled by
| China's authorities, is unavailable in the
| China App Store as well. The apparent
| censorship comes after carrier China Unicom
| launched iPhone sales two months ago, making
| regulatory approval of the phone's contents
| in the country necessary for the first time.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/185604/apple_censors_dalai_lama_iphone_apps_in_china.html
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