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Google, Actions speak louder than words
Google made an unprecedented announcement this week by claiming it is no longer willing to continue censoring search results on Google.cn, its Chinese search engine. Meetings are underway with Chinese…
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There's No Free Press in Egypt
That’s some bad timing U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey had last week. Speaking at a public conference in Egypt, Scobey declared that “Egyptians are very free to speak out.…
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Write-a-Thon Series: Shi Tao
This posting is part of our Write-a-Thon Cases Series. For more information visit www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/ Four years ago, Chinese journalist Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison. His crime? Sending…
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Yahoo! needs to click its refresh button on Internet Censorship in China
By Tony Cruz, AIUSA’s Business and Economic Relations Group Yahoo! held its annual shareholder meeting on June 25th — the first meeting with the company’s new CEO, Carol Bartz. In…
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Iranian Protesters Stay One Step Ahead in the Cyber World
In the face of a tightening government grip on all things viral, Iranians have managed to circumvent the communication restrictions laid upon them to tell the world their story in…
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China Mandates PC Companies Install Software That Censors
By Tony Cruz, Amnesty International USA's Business & Economic Relations Group Starting July 1, 2009, the Chinese government is mandating all PC makers such as Hewlett Packard and Dell install…
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Why Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! need to be reined in
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) Reporters without Borders (RWB) today issued its "Enemies of the Internet" report, exposing state censorship of free speech and expression around the world. Topping the…
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Putting a Face to Internet Censorship
I wasn't going to post again today, but I was just reading Erica's post, and I went to Daily Kos to check out the comments. One commenter was of the…
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Internet Co's: How about one day without censorship?
Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) yesterday called on U.S. Internet companies Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! to give the world a day of censorship-free Internet search and…
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Human rights advocate faces trial in China on eve of UN review
The New York Times reported yesterday that human rights activist Huang Qi was charged with illegal possession of state secrets. Huang was detained by plainclothes police last June after assisting…