2011 August

August, 2011

Monthly archive · 8 posts

Stories from August, 2011

28 August 2011

Venezuela: Troubles to access Blogger.com

During all the month of August, Venezuelan bloggers have been complaining about difficulties to access Blogger.com services. Citizens claim that, even when the problems have been profusely reported to CANTV (the main, government-owned, Venezuelan ISP), the company has not provided any answer, nor have they solved the issue.

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20 August 2011

China: State media's anti-rumor campaign

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

The state controlled national television China Central Television (CCTV) launched an attack on social media platform, such as Sina Weiblog [a micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter] earlier in August 2011...

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18 August 2011

United Kingdom: Moves to police social media

Written by Janet Gunter · United Kingdom

Following the riots and looting in London and other parts of England last week, UK Prime Minister David Cameron made a strong statement indicating his government is looking into the...

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Iran: A blogger was beaten up in jail

Written by Fred Petrossian · Iran

Human rights activists say [fa] Hossein Maleki Ronaghi, a jailed blogger, was beaten up in prison, after writing a letter to Iran's judicary authorities, by a guard and sent to...

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16 August 2011

Iran: Blogger Freed After 25-day Hunger Strike

Written by Fred Petrossian · Iran

Dr. Mehdi Khazali, a blogger, publisher and son of a leading conservative cleric and former Council of Guardians member, Ayatollah Khazali, was released on bail from prison on Sunday after...

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15 August 2011

Egyptian Activist Questioned by Military Prosecutor

Written by Tarek Amr · Egypt

The Egyptian activist and one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, Asmaa Mahfouz, was investigated this Sunday by the military prosecution office on charges of defaming Egypt’s...

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11 August 2011

Argentina: Judge orders all ISPs to block the sites LeakyMails.com and Leakymails.blogspot.com

Written by Renata Avila · Advocacy, regulation

A National Criminal Court in Argentina issued interim measures and ordered the National Communications Commission to instruct all Internet Service Providers to temporarily block the access to LeakyMails.com and Leakymails.blogspot.com.

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