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Civil liberties groups tell Congress Internet censorship no solution to curbing terrorism

donal brown May 27, 2010

Civil liberties advocates testified to a House committee on terrorism that the government should use the Internet to track terrorist threats but that to censor websites would be counterproductive. -db NextGov May 26, 2010 By Jill R. Aitoro Federal authorities should rely on the Internet to identify and track terrorist threats and to launch counterterrorism campaigns, but not censor websites as a means to quell online recruitment by extremist groups, civil liberty advocates told a

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Chinese human rights activists mourn Google’s withdrawal from China

donal brown March 22, 2010

With Google poised to withdraw from China, there is recognition that China has dealt a blow to hopes for its gradual change to a more open and democratic society. db The Washington Post March 20, 2010 By John Pomfret BEIJING — When Google announced that it would pull out of China if it had to continue censoring content, Zhao Hun went to the Internet giant’s Beijing headquarters with a bouquet of flowers. For the popular

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U.S. looking at issues of internet freedom after alleged Chinese cyberattack on Google accounts

donal brown January 14, 2010

After Google announced this week that hackers had tried to penetrate Gmail accounts in China including those of U.S. financial institutions and defense contractors, the Obama administration is considering their options in maintaining internet freedom. -DB NextGov January 13, 2010 By Aliya Sternstein An alleged cyberattack by the Chinese government into systems operated by Google and other U.S. companies, including federal contractors, has prompted the U.S. government to revisit the complicated issue of Internet freedom.

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Two Germans sue Wikipedia for violation of privacy

donal brown November 16, 2009

In a case pitting German privacy law against the U.S. First Amendment, two Germans convicted of murdering an actor in 1990 are suing Wikipedia for posting their names online, an act that they claim violates their privacy now that they have served their time and are out of prison. -DB The New York Times November 12, 2009 By John Schwartz Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber became infamous for killing a German actor in 1990. Now they

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Organization for digital rights establishes new website to attack internet censorship

donal brown October 27, 2009

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has established a website “Takedown Hall of Shame” to call attention to internet censorship through what they say are “bogus copyright claims or other legal threats.” -DB Electronic Frontier Foundaton Press Release October 27, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – Websites like YouTube have ushered in a new era of creativity and free speech on the Internet, but not everyone is celebrating. Some of the web’s most interesting content has been yanked from

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