2010 July

July, 2010

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Stories from July, 2010

8 July 2010

Lebanon: Three Arrested for Facebook Postings

Written by Layal Al Khatib · Middle East & North Africa, Lebanon

Lebanese Naim George Hanna, 27, Antoine Youssef Ramya, 29, and Shebel Rajeh Qassab, 27, have been arrested for posting Facebook statuses against the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. The Lebanese online community is outraged because of the invasion of their cyberspace and here are some of their reactions.

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6 July 2010

China: Online grumble punished with one-year reform-through-labour

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Tang Lin joined the “Kidney-stone-baby parent” network in 2008 as he suspected the cause of his baby's death was due to melamine contamination of infant milk formula. Since then, he...

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5 July 2010

Mass Gmail phishing in Tunisia

Written by Slim Amamou · Tunisia

Lately, Internet users in Tunisia started complaining about difficulties accessing their Gmail account, and rumors began to circulate about an imminent censorship of Google's email service. Since the new wave...

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