2009 October

October, 2009

Monthly archive · 19 posts

Stories from October, 2009

20 October 2009

United States:Aftermath of G20 protest suppression

Pittsburgh hosted G20 summit last month (September 22-25), which was marred by protests and the controversial way in which authorities went about suppressing dissent through Twitter. Activist Elliot Madison who...

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17 October 2009

Morocco: Press Freedoms Backsliding

Written by Jillian York · Morocco

2009 has not been a good year for press freedom in Morocco, and over the past few months, actions against journalists seem to be escalating. Although journalists are aware of...

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Anonymous Blogging with WordPress and Tor guide in Persian

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Iran

The Anonymous Blogging with Wordpress and Tor guide is now available in Persian thanks to this translation by an Iranian blogger and friend who wants to remain anonymous. The guide outlines several methods of protecting one’s identity in order to avoid retaliation and can considerably reduce the risks that a blogger’s identity will be linked to his or her online writings through technical means.

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16 October 2009

Egypt: Security beats Blogger badly

Written by Ramy Raoof · Egypt

Today, Friday 16th October, the Egyptian blogger Demagh Mak and his brother had been stopped for “ID check” in Tanta (Egyptian Province) by a police officer named Mohamed El-Dahrawy. For...

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15 October 2009

China’s Internet: Two Media Declarations

Written by Deng Bolun · China

As if to complement one another, two like-minded media declarations were posted on the internet only two days apart from each other, one on Oct. 8 by a group of...

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14 October 2009

China: Blocking Twitter's third party applications

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

In the past few days, Chinese twitterers reported that the Chinese censor has blocked a number of popular Twitter's third party applications. Since Fanfou, the Chinese micro-blogging website, has been...

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10 October 2009

Iran's Internet: Whirlpool and fear

Written by Pendar · Iran

While the world is trying to free the web, Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is going to make it much more barred. Recently, a site which is called Gerdab...

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