Stories about Feature from January, 2011
China: Bridging news on Egypt
On 28 of January, when commenting on the political situation in Egypt, the spoke person from Chinese foreign ministry stated that the Chinese government will continue to support the Egyptian...
Cyber “long war” continues in Iran
The past few weeks have seen attention focused on Tunisia and Egypt in hopes of understanding what role, if any, information and communications technologies (ICTs) are playing in the recent...
Internet Security Savvy is Critical as Egyptian Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists in Response to Continued Protest
As we've seen in Iran and Tunisia, social networking tools have given activists in authoritarian regimes a powerful voice, which can be heard well beyond their own country. But the use of social networking tools has also given their governments ways to identify and retaliate against them. This week we are watching the same dynamic play out in Egypt.
China: Censorship pressure from the private sector
It is well known that online content providers in China have to follow censorship instructions from various government authorities. However, with the rise of private public relation company, there is...
Iran's Cyber Police, Geography, and the Psychological Denial of Service
National Public Radio reports that Iran is planning on dispatching “cyber police” across the country with General Ahmadi Moghaddam stating that “There is no time to wait” in deploying the...
China: A man arrested for micro-blogging about Taxi driver strike
According to NDdaily, a man, known as Mr. Zhou, was arrested for micro-blogging a Taxi driver strike at Xianning city in Hubei province on December 19, 2010 under the charge...
Is the Tunisian internet censorship regime shutting down?
Following persistent widespread protests in Tunisia in recent days and the impending general strike tomorrow, Tunisian President Ben Ali held a speech on the state television chanel Tunisie7 this evening...
Iran: Blocking activity, email interception, and renewed pressure on the Green Movement
The Tor Project reports that the Iranian firewall is now blocking or throttling Tor, a number of other circumvention tools as well as SSL. They recommend using bridges that are...
Tunisia : Blogger, Global Voices contributor, Slim Amamou arrested today
Activist and blogger Slim Amamou was arrested today, January 6, around 1pm. At this time, his friends and colleagues have no news from him, nor do we know the exact circumstances of his arrest. He had to go to work after completing a technical inspection of his vehicle. The latest news from Slim was a tweet around 1pm.
China: An alleged list of banned SMS terms
Elaine Chow from Shanghaiist reports on an alleged list of banned SMS by major mobile companies in China in 2010. The documents, distributed by @zuola via Twitter, are claimed to...
