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Censorship

The Shock of the Now

Are Google and Facebook obliterating the web?

Ongoing on China

I found people remarkably free in talking about politics. Mostly I talked to geeks, of course; they laughed at the Great Firewall (finding a proxy to get around it is no big deal) but were livid…

Berlin Twitter Wall

To commemorate 20 Jahre Mauerfall – the 20th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city has launched the Berlin Twitter Wall.

Another blow to Net Neutrality

Verizon decides to act against its own economic best interests and block messages from an abortion rights group. This kind of discrimination sets a troubling precedent.

Backlash Against Net Filter

The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. - John Gilmore Interesting recent developments in the ongoing war of perception. Now, Australian ISP's are refusing to take part…