Amid allegations that Facebook censored news reports with conservative viewpoints, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said the company is investigating the claims.
Tag: Censorship
Gmail blocked in China following months of disruptions
Google’s email service ‘Gmail’ has been blocked in China as part of the country’s efforts to curb foreign Internet services. According to GreatFire.org, a website that tracks Internet access in the country,…
China opens access doors leading to Google after a month of hiatus; shutters them again
Few Google services were accessible from within the country in time for Tiannanmen anniversary, but it seems that the move was a temporary one.
China reportedly blocks access to Dropbox
Censorship in China is going overboard as cloud storage companies face blockade. What’s next?
China to curtail instant messaging services
It’s the instant messaging services now, which will face China’s pressure to control information!
Venezuela facing media and internet shutdown
Just when Venezuela is facing a complete social unrest, the government has tightened its grip on major media outlets and internet providers to put a full stop on incriminating information by removing…
Internet censorship around the world
Right to information and open Internet are privileges that not every citizen of the world enjoy today. Depending on the region you live in, there will be some sort of censorship or…
The Pirate Bay insider reveals the torrent site’s censorship-beating plans
The Pirate Bay had a difficult domain hopping 2013, but team behind the torrent indexing site is steadily progressing towards its goals of beating censorship by circumventing IP and domain name blockades…
UK Gov to order ISPs to block extremist websites
UK Government is mulling ways to keep netizens away from the influence of terror related contents and one of the measures it dubs viable is to orders ISPs to block extremist websites,…
Anti-censorship org asks Google, Eric Schmidt to lead the way
GreatFire.org, an anti-censorship organization, has urged Google and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to lead the way and call on China’s bluff and end its web censorship by following two simple steps. Charlie…
Eric Schmidt: Global internet censorship to end within a decade
Addressing audience at Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday, Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, made a bold prediction saying that global internet censorship will within a decade. In his lecture, Schmidt said that…