2010 January

January, 2010

Monthly archive · 21 posts

Stories from January, 2010

15 January 2010

Jordan to censor the internet

Jordan's Appeal Court has extended the reach of its print and publications law to cover electronic media, meaning that it will censor sites and blogs, writing in ArabCrunch, Gaith Saqer...

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13 January 2010

Google's new approach to China

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Yesterday Google lnc. issued an official statement reporting that the company had been hit by cyber attack originated from China. The attackers were trying to access the Gmail accounts of...

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12 January 2010

First Amendment and cyber bullying

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · USA

In schools across America, cyber bullying is a growing problem. The case of a Missouri teenager who committed suicide after being bullied online has brought the problem into national debate....

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Poland: Discussions of TOR and Internet Filtering

Written by Sylwia Presley · Poland

The end of 2009 in Poland was marked with the beginning of a public discussion of on-line privacy, the government's potential attempts to restrict access to websites and a growing...

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9 January 2010

Iran's Intelligence Ministry listed 60 organizations as 'soft war' agents

Written by Pendar · Iran

Recently, a list of 60 organizations was published by Iranian ministry of intelligence with the accusation that they are active in the soft war against Islamic regime in Iran. Any...

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7 January 2010

New laws for cyber activists

Written by Pendar · Iran, Middle East & North Africa

Reports from Iran show that, conditions for cyber activists became much more difficult and dangerous. Recently, Iran’s prosecutor published a list about internet crimes. One of the prominent laws in...

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6 January 2010

China: the Internet as an ideology battlefield

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Xinhua News Agency Outlook Weekly reported on a Teleconference on national law enforcement on 4 of Jan, 2010. The Ministry of Public Security reported in the conference that the police...

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