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AT&T says Web site block was not censorship

(AP) -- AT&T says it blocked freewheeling Web site 4chan.org this weekend.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US, Russia in dispute over computer attacks: report

Less than two weeks before President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow, the United States and Russia cannot agree how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems ...

Technology / Other

created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Canadian software helps Iranian dissidents connect

Software developed by a Canadian lab to circumvent online censorship has been downloaded by more than 18,000 Iranians in the last 10 days, says its developer Rafal Rohozinski.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

PC makers race to comply with China's Web filter

(AP) -- Days before a deadline abruptly imposed by China, computer makers are scrambling to comply with an order to supply Web-filtering software with PCs amid concerns about what it might do to their reputations.

Technology / Software

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google to step up anti-porn efforts in China

(AP) -- Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Yahoo! summit champions human rights online

Human rights trump doing business, Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz insisted at a summit of Internet allies combining forces to battle censorship by oppressive regimes.

Technology / Internet

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft urged not to censor search

Rights groups called on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft on Friday not to censor their Web search engines one day next week to help protest cyber censorship.

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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10