Iran says they're not turning off the Internet

11 Apr, 2012, 12:48 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Web services

A report that Iran will shut off all internet services by August and set up a local intranet has been called a hoax ... More

Iran to go off web completely by August

10 Apr, 2012, 3:37 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services

The days for Internet in Iran seem numbered, as an official statement from the Iranian minister for Information ... More

Indian Army men asked to quit social networking

27 Jan, 2012, 9:27 am IST Naina Khedekar Social Networking

The Indian government had asked for censorship over content of Facebook, Google and other social sites late last year... More

Reproductive rights activist receives apology from Facebook

04 Jan, 2012, 6:19 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking 1 Comments

Deleting a Do it Yourself Abortion post by a reproductive rights activist, albeit mistakenly proved a tad too expensive ... More

What Sibal's censorship means for us

09 Dec, 2011, 6:37 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai, Naina Khedekar Social Networking 10 Comments

Earlier this week, Kapil Sibal, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology expressed his ... More

Google's China license renewed for a year

08 Sep, 2011, 6:37 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking 1 Comments

Although search giant, Google had a successful run elsewhere in the world, its experience in China was a rocky one. More

China Wants a Piece of the Facebook Pie

11 Jul, 2011, 6:18 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking

Reports have surfaced that China wants in on Facebook stock. More

New Internet Policy to Engulf Iran

30 May, 2011, 5:36 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

The new policy is all set to make vast changes in the virtual landscape of the country. More

New Law Makes Free Speech Ambiguous

28 Apr, 2011, 3:46 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

The Information Technology Rules, 2011 that was implemented last month has questionable implications. More

Google Invests USD 1 Million on censorship and throttling detection

23 Mar, 2011, 6:14 pm IST Siddharth Basrur General

Google has granted Georgia Tech this large sum of money to build internet tools for public use. More

Are our ISPs Blocking Blogspot?

12 Feb, 2011, 2:12 pm IST Sriram Gurunathan Services

Blockspot? More

Egypt Disconnects the Internet and Cellphones, Country Plunges into Chaos

29 Jan, 2011, 12:01 am IST Sriram Gurunathan Services

It's an unprecedented situation. More

Amazon Deletes Incest-Themed Fiction from Kindle

16 Dec, 2010, 4:17 pm IST Sriram Gurunathan Tablets

Big Brother is watching you read. More

Google Calls For Pressure On Internet Censor

09 Sep, 2010, 10:55 am IST Reuters Windows

Google Inc's legal chief called for pressure on governments that censor the Internet, such as China and Turkey. More

China Wants Censorship in Online Games

20 Nov, 2009, 1:06 pm IST Reuters

Game operators must re-examine their game offerings for obscene and violent content. More

US Addresses Internet Censorship

18 Feb, 2007, 4:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

The US addresses the issue of free access to the Internet and governments that seek to restrict its use. More

13 Nations Denounced for Web Censorship

08 Nov, 2006, 12:30 pm IST AP

The Internet enemies list numbers 13—Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. More

RIAA, MPAA Back UN Broadcasting Treaty

06 May, 2006, 11:30 am IST Jayesh Mansukhani

A rather audacious, and frankly, way too disturbing treaty is on the verge of being ratified. Being pushed by The United Nations, Wipo Standing Commi... More

Skype Joins Others In China Censorship

22 Apr, 2006, 12:30 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani

In a rather unsurprising move and much to my disgust Skype is the latest company that has agreed to censor material to ensure that it will be allowed ... More