June, 2010

Stories from June, 2010

China: Radical real name registration campaign

  15 June 2010

To many info-activists, online real name registration is regarded as a violation of privacy, however, in China, some citizen rights activists are campaigning for real name online activities in order to eliminate fear. Back in March, a netizen Zhan Lifan wrote an article, “A confession of an Internet naked runner”...

China: A number of twitterers vanished before June 4

  5 June 2010

A number of Chinese Twitterers have been detained and arrested since early June – a sensitive month because of June 4 anniversary. According to @tengbiao, a human rights activist based in Beijing, at least six twitterers has been arrested since June 1, 2010. They are @suyutong, @jason5ng32, @wangyi09, @yanglicai, @wuyuren,...

Subscribe to This week at Advox!

Sign up for digital rights news from around the world directly in your inbox. See our Privacy Policy for details. Newsletter powered by Mailchimp (Privacy Policy and Terms).

No thanks, show me the site