Tag: censorship
Internet as human right and the evolution of technology
The internet should be seen as a basic human right, according to to Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web. Speaking at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference in India, Berners-Lee emphasised the importance of…
Google invests in technology to detect government-scale internet tampering (and naughty internet providers)
After searching high and low and not finding a technical problem, Google earlier this week concluded the Chinese government must be tampering with Gmail. The Chinese have denied any wrongdoing, but nothing can be proven either way. But soon…
Google accuses China of sabotaging Gmail
Following problems with the Gmail email service in China, Google has reached a conclusion: it's not me, it's you. Engineers have looked into the problem at length, and concluded there is nothing technically wrong. This means it must be…
Tory porn block plans not possible say ISPA
The Conservative government's plans to put a blanket block on pornographic websites is not feasible, according to Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general of the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA). He has instead suggested that responsibility lies with parents in order…
Are Twitter preventing WikiLeaks from trending?
Are Twitter preventing WikiLeaks from trending? That's the rumour doing the rounds on the "internetz" right now, as conspiracy theorists are claiming that Twitter are the latest company to pull support for the whistle blowing webiste. Despite a huge buzz…
WikiLeaks Reveals Google's Struggles In China
It's been over a week since the first documents were leaked by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, yet despite the controversy, they continue to publish confidential cables sent from American embassies around the world. The latest cable reveals how Google's…
Video-games Developers Urged not to Drag Religions into Games
Yesterday in Nevada, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, appealed to video-games developers to avoid inaccurately portraying religious imagery and symbolism in games. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued that freedom of expression is important, but that…
Sony executive calls for changes to Australian videogames classification system
Australia has one of the most notoriously strict game rating systems in the world. Many games receive an adult rating in other parts of the world, but otherwise remain untouched, shipping the same way as the developers initially intended….
Google stops censoring Chinese search results, moves HQ to Hong Kong
Google have stopped censoring their users search results in China, after relations between the US company and Chinese officials rapidly deteriorated in the past few months. Google have now moved their Chinese-language search engineers to new offices away from mainland…
Switzerland set to ban violent videogames
Here's some bad news for gamers living in Switzerland; a new law has just been passed in the country which will see any game given a PEGI 16+ or 18+ rating banned from sale. The new ruling states that any…