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French president’s proposal threatens Internet freedom

donal brown March 26, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is proposing that anyone regularly visiting websites supporting terrorism or advocating hate or violence will be arrested. First Amendment Center President Ken Paulson notes that allowing despicable viewpoints is basic to American democracy and that the proposed French law on hate websites would not survive in U.S. federal courts. -db From a commentary for the First Amendment Center, March 22, 2012, by Ken Paulson. Full story  

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Iran intensifies attacks on Internet traffic

donal brown February 13, 2012

Using the Internet can be dangerous in Iran and recently the government has increasingly blocked and filtered traffic. The measure are thought to be part of a process of moving to a national Halal Internet excluding the world-wide net, blocking all foreign sites and restricting users to state-approved content. -db From a commentary for the Electronic Freedom Foundation, February 11, 2012, by Eva Galperin. Full story

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Twitter censorship plan provokes outrage

donal brown January 30, 2012

To cries of protest, Twitter announced last week that it will take a country’s laws and culture into account in conducting country-specific censorship. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is also the second largest shareholder in News Corp., recently invested $300 million in Twitter. -db From the Courthouse News Service, January 27, 2012, by Adam Klasfeld. Full story    

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Journalist’s arrest serious blow to democracy in Turkey

donal brown January 5, 2012

A Turkish investigative reporter was arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the government. Ironically, he had been investigating the plot only a year earlier. Human rights groups say the government is trying to silence critics with a campaign that puts the government’s commitment to democracy in question. -db From The New York Times, January 5, 2012, by Dan Bilefsky and Sebnem Arsu. Full story

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Opinion: China’s censorship regimen spreading around the world

donal brown November 28, 2011

Totalitarian regimes around the world are successfully using the Chinese model of censorship against their citizens, reports David Rohde in a commentary for Reuters. Rohde says the Stop Online Piracy Act would seriously erode the ability of the United States to fight the new tide of international Internet censorship. -db From a commentary for Reuters, November 18, 2011, by David Rohde. Full story  

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