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Bulgaria and the Netherlands Refuse to Ratify ACTA
Tech News The controversial multi-national Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is steadily losing ground in the European Union, following key players’ withdrawal from ratifying the agreement. Germany and Poland’s holdback, following a wave of protests in the former and much debate in the latter, has fueled other nations’ misgivings about the vagueness with which the Agreement is written and the fact that there are no clear answers as to how it will ensure anti-counterfeiting and not violation of basic human rights. Read More »
The Newest Ace Up In Tor’s Sleeves Helps Thousands of Iranians Access the Free Internet
Tech News Iran's Government is censoring secured internet access for its citizens. This makes the use of the TOR network nearly impossible. Luckily, the TOR project has a new weapon - obfsproxy. Read on to find out more about the obfsproxy by TOR. Read More »
Iran Blocks Country-Wide Access to Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail
WTF News Worrying news from Tehran – an Iranian national said that the country has blocked access to many daily-use communication websites such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Facebook. This occurred recently without the Government stating the explicit reasons, or even acknowledging that this block has occurred. While many net-savvy Iranians have managed to use proxies and Virtual Private Network (VPN) services to punch through this blockade, the prospect of a nation-wide firewall akin to the Great Firewall of China seems very real for Iranians. Read More »
Indian Government and Courts Ignore Common Sense and Laws of the Land in a Drive to Leash the Internet
Tech News A Delhi High Court judge has threatened to follow the Chinese model of banning websites with objectionable content. However, is forcing Facebook and Google to pre-screen content reasonable, or even legal? Read More »
Google, Mozilla and Other Web Giants Express Concern over SOPA
Tech News SOPA is a new draconian bill that proposes censorship measures that can kill the internet as we know it, disrupting industries and lives of millions of people in the process. Read More »