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7 May 2010

GV summit 2010 Videos: A Discussion of Content Moderation

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · GVSummit10

During this panel discussion, Victoria Grand, Senior Manager for Communications at YouTube, speaks on content moderation processes providing a “behind-the-scenes” look at YouTube's content removal and deactivation policies. A “behind-the-scenes”...

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17 June 2009

OpenNet Initiative Releases Results on Filtering in Asia

Written by Jillian York · Feature

From the Great Firewall to the Myanmar Wide Web, Asia is well-known for its practices in Internet filtering. China has long taken the lead in blocking Web sites, filtering sites...

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27 April 2009

Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in the Chinese-speaking World

Written by Oiwan Lam · activism

I have just announced the launching of Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in the Chinese-speaking World at interlocals.net. Individual can download free copy from here. The book is consisted of...

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20 January 2009

Debate over indecency filtering in Hong Kong

Written by Oiwan Lam · Feature

Hong Kong government is completing its first round of consultation on the Control of Obscene and Indecent Article Ordinance (COIAO) at the end of January, 2009. The most debatable section...

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10 February 2008

Hong Kong netizens protest nude photo ‘white terror'

Written by John Kennedy · News

Eight people have now been arrested and two charged in Hong Kong in what many netizens are calling the “white terror,” police response to the Edison Chen sex photo scandal,...

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