· May, 2010

Stories about Advocacy from May, 2010

Internet Freedom under pressure in Denmark

  31 May 2010

On 27 May the Danish Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision which obliges internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to websites that may contain – or link to other sites which contain – material which infringes copyrights (the Pirate Bay in this instance). The decision has rightly been...

Bangladesh: Facebook Temporarily Blocked

  30 May 2010

Bangladesh has become the second country in Asia after Pakistan to block the entire Facebook domain. Bangladeshi bloggers are expressing their astonishment, anger and protest against this ban.

GV summit 2010 Videos: A Discussion of Content Moderation

  7 May 2010

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” look at YouTube's content removal and deactivation policies The panel, which was moderated by Rebecca MacKinnon, also includes Jillian York,...

Facebook: Interested in Palestine? Not anymore.

  7 May 2010

When Facebook rolled out its latest feature, “Connections,” in April 2010, many users were confused by the changes. The opt-in feature, intended to create a broader sense of community around user interests, converts a user's listed interests, books, movies, and network into “likes,” linking the user to the community page...