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  Web giants remove content on India's order

  Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy.

  By AAP | 07 February, 2012 09:33

  Tags: censorship, Google, google india, internet censorship

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  Twitter to censor tweets in specific countries

  Twitter now has the ability to censor tweets in specific countries, the social networking service announced on Thursday.

  By Rebecca Merrett | 27 January, 2012 16:38

  Tags: censorship, internet censorship, twitter

• China closes 130,000 Internet cafes as it seeks more control

  China shut down more than 130,000 illegal Internet cafes in the country over a six year period, as part of crackdown to control the market, according to a new Chinese government report.

  By Michael Kan | 18 March, 2011 21:06

  Tags: Government of China, internet, government, Regulation, China, censorship

• WikiLeaks: China pressured Google on Internet censorship

  Google's struggles to operate its search engine in China worsened after a high-ranking Chinese official Googled himself only to find "results critical of him," according to a new cable> released by WikiLeaks on Saturday.

  By Michael Kan | 06 December, 2010 18:17

  Tags: censorship, China, data breach, Google, government, internet, Regulation, search engines, security, wikileaks

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  Google tool shows blocked services

  Google released a new online tool that shows where the internet giant's services and products such as YouTube are being blocked around the world.

  By AAP | 22 September, 2010 17:37

  Tags: censorship, Google, openinternet, youtube

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  North Korea-linked Facebook page deleted again

  For the second time in less than a week a Facebook account created by a North Korea-linked Web site has been deleted by the social networking site.

  By Martyn Williams | 25 August, 2010 04:05

  Tags: censorship, Facebook, internet, Internet-based applications and services, north korea, social media, social networking

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  Facebook deletes North Korean account, but it resurfaces

  A Facebook account established by a North Korea-linked Web site was deleted by the social networking service on Friday, but a new group sprang up over the weekend to take its place.

  By Martyn Williams | 24 August, 2010 05:42

  Tags: censorship, Facebook, internet, Internet-based applications and services, north korea, social media, social networking

• Bomb-making tips tied to blog shut-down

  The Internet has been abuzz with rumors and conjecture about why blogging Web site Blogetery.com and its reported 70,000 bloggers went dark last week.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 21 July, 2010 08:56

  Tags: censorship, e-commerce, government, internet, Regulation

• Pakistan bans more Web sites on religious grounds

  Pakistan has blocked 17 Web sites and is closely monitoring seven other sites and search engines for content considered offensive and blasphemous, according to a spokesman of the country's telecommunications regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA).

  By John Ribeiro | 29 June, 2010 01:00

  Tags: censorship, Facebook, government, internet, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, youtube

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  In pictures: 10 free (and legal) ways to bypass Net filtering

  As Australians eagerly await the outcome of the federal government’s proposed mandatory Internet filter the software industry is already preparing for an imminent deluge in products and services to circumvent any content restrictions. Here are ten free options Web surfers can look at to get around the filter – and they just happen to be legal, for now. Of course, that’s not to say the Web-based circumvention services won’t themselves be added to the infamous blacklist.

  By Rodney Gedda | 18 June, 2010 13:49

  Tags: censorship, internet content filter, privacy, security, vpn

• Facebook block removed in Pakistan, imposed in Bangladesh

  The Lahore High Court in Pakistan on Monday ordered Facebook to be unblocked in the country, after the government said that the web site had promised to make material considered derogatory inaccessible to users in Pakistan.

  By John Ribeiro | 31 May, 2010 19:51

  Tags: censorship, Facebook, social networking

• Pakistan may relax bans on YouTube, Facebook

  The Pakistan government is considering removing a ban on YouTube and Facebook, a senior minister said on Wednesday.

  By John Ribeiro | 27 May, 2010 05:16

  Tags: censorship, Facebook, pakistan, youtube

• Facebook blocks access in India to controversial page

  Facebook has blocked in India the controversial "Everybody draw Mohammed Day!" page that last week led to the site being banned in Pakistan.

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2010 15:51

  Tags: censorship, Facebook, social media, social networking

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  Facebook page banned by Pakistan is back online

  The Facebook page that led the Pakistan government to ban the entire site was back online Saturday, at least for some users, after it was inaccessible for about two days.

  By John Ribeiro | 23 May, 2010 04:04

  Tags: censorship, Facebook

• Pakistan action the latest global Web crackdown

  As Pakistan extends its crackdown on Internet material it deems offensive, leading Facebook to consider blocking potentially objectionable content inside the nation, it's interesting to see how this latest battle over Web censorship relates to similar global events in recent years. Here are some notable instances of governments around the world curtailing or cutting off Internet access in their countries.

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 21 May, 2010 09:39

  Tags: censorship, Facebook