more on HDF and the Sudanese delegation
The Sudanese delegation
Well the Sudanese delegation repeated several times the need to remove the software export restrictions ban that is put on the Sudan. You see, there is software that, if given to someone who lives in the Sudan, is punishable by the law in the US because there is an embargo on some countries [...]
August 12th, 2009 by Marlyn | Posted in censorship, conferences, events/conferences, security/privacy | Comments (0)
worst places to be bloggers
Worst countries to be a blogger in: CPJ announced its worst ten countries for bloggers… and guess how many are in the Middle East?
Relying on a mix of detentions, regulations, and intimidation, authorities in Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Egypt have emerged as the leading online oppressors in the Middle East and North Africa. [...]
June 16th, 2009 by Marlyn | Posted in censorship, general | Comments (0)
Tunisia: Smiling Oppressor
This slideshow with narration is from CPJ [Committee to Protect Journalists]. link
June 16th, 2009 by Marlyn | Posted in censorship | Comments (0)
on wikileaks
Wikileaks is a place for whistle-blowers of all nationalities and walks of life may go and post their information anonymously. Here is what they say of themselves:
Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking and public analysis. Our primary interests are in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and [...]
March 4th, 2008 by Marlyn | Posted in censorship, security/privacy, tech news | Comments (0)
report: net censorship increases around the world
The BBC reports that the Open Net Initiative at Harvard University in the US has just released a report about internet censorship across the globe. It claims that net censorship has increased and that the problem about that is that net filtering always happens in the dark. There is no way one can find what [...]
May 20th, 2007 by Marlyn | Posted in censorship, security/privacy, tech news | Comments (0)
