Cyberbullying in India is a form of censorship: Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director of SFLC: Cyberbullying and online harassment is a major global problem. The lack of a physical presence only means that people are more mentally exposed in the digital realm. A majority of children in India encounter online harassment in one form or another,…
It took me some time to trust the cloud. Growing up with digital technologies that were neither resilient nor reliable — a floppy drive could go kaput without you having done anything, a CD once scratched could not be recovered, hard drives malfunctioned and it was a given that once every few months your PC…
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak promised that Malaysia would never censor the Internet. Speaking at the first Malaysian-ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference, Najib said: “I have no doubts whatsoever that Malaysia has one of the liveliest blogospheres in the world. And definitely one of the freest if not the most free…[former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad]…
The Chinese authorities responsible for censorship in China, have announced a bill that would prohibit web pages and portals from producing news and impose censorship on such content. Under the bill, released in a statement by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, internet information services must hire “professional supervisors” responsible for…
One of the big promises we were made about the Internet was its potential to revolutionize the way that we interact with the world around us. The Internet enables us to transcend our physical restrictions and travel the world; it allows us to access and ingest research, art, culture and knowledge that would have in…
“North Korean Internet” is practically an oxymoron. Access to the global Internet in the secretive nation is heavily restricted and available to only select government officials and other elites. The rest of the nation has access to a closed national network called the Kwangmyong, an intranet with state-approved information, if they can access to anything at…
The wildly popular Chinese microblogging platform Weibo just announced it will censor posts featuring images of women in lingerie or swimwear, as part of an effort to erase “erotic” images. The move, announced by CEO Wang Gaofei, is seen as Weibo’s move to comply with larger restrictions proposed by the government against “vulgar and pornographic”…
The branch of China’s police in charge of censoring “illegal and harmful” online information will make its efforts more visible to the public from Monday with the launch of their own social media accounts, the Ministry of Public Security said. The Chinese government aggressively censors the Internet, blocking many sites it deems could challenge the…
Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to automatically block online pornography may soon be made illegal under EU law, a leaked memo has revealed. Cameron proposes to introduce legislation forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to enact filters which block adult material by default unless customers “opt-out” – a scheme critics have described as censorship. Major ISP…
The churnings of the second decade of the 21st century resulted in social and political unrest across the globe, and revolutions in a number of Arab countries pushed the boundaries of freedom and created an urgent desire to challenge rules and norms that had long been taken for granted. For artists one of the shifting…