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22 April 2013

Hong Kong Citizen Media Site Faces DDoS Attack From China

Written by Oiwan Lam · China, Freedom of Expression, News, Sovereigns of the Cyberspace

Hong Kong-based citizen media platform inmediahk.net was hit by a DDoS attack last week, coming mainly from China. Inmedia, a volunteer citizen media network, has been blocked in mainland China since 2007. Inmedia members believe that recent coverage of controversial issues, including a dock workers' strike in Hong Kong and the construction of a military pier in the city's center, may have triggered the attack.

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24 December 2012

Hong Kong: Citizen Media Summit Seeks Common Agenda

Written by Oiwan Lam · Activism, Conference, Feature, Southeast Asia, Sovereigns of the Cyberspace

An online citizen media summit, organized by inmediahk.net, was held in Hong Kong on December 15, 2012. The objective of the gathering was to formulate a common agenda among local non-mainstream media actors.

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27 October 2012

Hong Kong: Battle against 50 Cents at Wikipedia

Written by inmediahk.net · China, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Internet governance, Interviews

Editor note: Below is a translation of the article: Battle at Wikipedia – Counterbalance Brainwashing and Slanders through Participation, originally published [zh] in inmediahk.net in Chinese. The article is about...

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9 October 2012

Hong Kong: Derivative work Concern Group Condemns YouTube for Deletion of Authorized Work

Written by Oiwan Lam · Feature, Freedom of Expression, Intellectual Property, Internet governance

Editor's note: Google has responded to this post, saying: We take down videos when a content owner informs us that the video infringes their copyright. If the content owner is...

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5 September 2012

Hong Kong: Advocacy Group Pressed Candidates of the Legislature to Reveal Position on Free Speech and Information Policy

Written by inmediahk.net · Advocacy, Feature, Law, News

In order to press the members of the 2012-2016 Legislative Council to defend freedom of speech and free flow of information, Hong Kong In-Media, a local advocacy group for promoting...

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12 August 2012

Hong Kong: Google Search Engine Sued for Defamation

Written by Oiwan Lam · Feature, Law

Albert Yeung Sau-shing, the Chairman of Emperor Group in Hong Kong is suing Google Inc for defamation. He claimed that when searching his name, both in Chinese and English, in...

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9 August 2012

Hong Kong: Citizen Media Office Attacked

Written by Oiwan Lam · Arrest and Harassment, Feature, News

Yesterday (August 8 2012), 4 masked men rushed into a citizen media advocacy group's office and smashed its computer equipment. [Disclosure: the writer of this article is a member of...

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