TechCorner24.com » censorship http://techcorner24.com technology stories and news from all around the web Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 Google’s Brin Says He Is "Always Optimistic" About China Solution http://techcorner24.com/5529/googles-brin-says-he-is-always-optimistic-about-china-solution/ http://techcorner24.com/5529/googles-brin-says-he-is-always-optimistic-about-china-solution/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:47:34 +0000 TechCorner http://techcorner24.com/5529/googles-brin-says-he-is-always-optimistic-about-china-solution/
Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. Google’s Sergey Brin took the stage at the TED conference this morning for a brief discussion about the search giant’s recent declaration that it will pull out of the country if it has to continue to censor results. Google has been quiet about its plans in China since it said a month ago that it was contemplating leaving...]]>

Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. Google’s Sergey Brin took the stage at the TED conference this morning for a brief discussion about the search giant’s recent declaration that it will pull out of the country if it has to continue to censor results. Google has been quiet about its plans in China since it said a month ago that it was contemplating leaving…

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Google's been taking bad press about Chinese search result filtering for years, and now it looks like the company simply fed up: it's going to stop filtering Google.cn and it may pull of out the country entirely. The move comes on the heels of coordinated attacks on Gmail, which Google says were aimed at accessing the accounts of prominent human rights activists -- and Google also says that it's not the...]]>

Google’s been taking bad press about Chinese search result filtering for years, and now it looks like the company simply fed up: it’s going to stop filtering Google.cn and it may pull of out the country entirely. The move comes on the heels of coordinated attacks on Gmail, which Google says were aimed at accessing the accounts of prominent human rights activists — and Google also says that it’s not the…

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]]> http://techcorner24.com/5189/google-to-stop-censoring-chinese-search-results-will-review-the-feasibility-of-chinese-business-operations/feed/ 0 Microsoft updating Zune HD Twitter to stop censoring tweets http://techcorner24.com/4890/microsoft-updating-zune-hd-twitter-to-stop-censoring-tweets/ http://techcorner24.com/4890/microsoft-updating-zune-hd-twitter-to-stop-censoring-tweets/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:01:00 +0000 TechCorner http://techcorner24.com/4890/microsoft-updating-zune-hd-twitter-to-stop-censoring-tweets/
Microsoft definitely copped some of Apple's lame App Store antics with its tweet-censoring Zune HD Twitter app , so now it's time for the infuriatingly vague PR-speak backtracking -- Redmond just pinged us to say it's "identified the issue" with the Twitter app and that a naughty words-enabling update is coming "as soon as possible." That's a pretty lame response, considering the "issue" is that the app...]]>

Microsoft definitely copped some of Apple’s lame App Store antics with its tweet-censoring Zune HD Twitter app , so now it’s time for the infuriatingly vague PR-speak backtracking — Redmond just pinged us to say it’s “identified the issue” with the Twitter app and that a naughty words-enabling update is coming “as soon as possible.” That’s a pretty lame response, considering the “issue” is that the app…

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Today, the World Trade Organization handed down a ruling on a complaint lodged]]>

Today, the World Trade Organization handed down a ruling on a complaint lodged

]]> http://techcorner24.com/2074/chinas-new-media-rules-slammed-by-wto-as-trade-violations/feed/ 0 Want to Circumvent Green Dam? Buy a Mac http://techcorner24.com/901/want-to-circumvent-green-dam-buy-a-mac/ http://techcorner24.com/901/want-to-circumvent-green-dam-buy-a-mac/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:13:30 +0000 TechCorner http://techcorner24.com/901/want-to-circumvent-green-dam-buy-a-mac/
We’ve noted before that China’s Green Dam , web filtering program supposedly designed to block pornography, but in reality a serious threat to privacy and security, was obviously created in a haste, with many of its shortcomings being revealed as the story unwinds. Now, besides the fact that it doesn’t work on 64-bit operating systems, we have another one: it doesn’t support Macs. Thus, Apple’s computers...]]>

We’ve noted before that China’s Green Dam , web filtering program supposedly designed to block pornography, but in reality a serious threat to privacy and security, was obviously created in a haste, with many of its shortcomings being revealed as the story unwinds. Now, besides the fact that it doesn’t work on 64-bit operating systems, we have another one: it doesn’t support Macs. Thus, Apple’s computers…

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]]> http://techcorner24.com/901/want-to-circumvent-green-dam-buy-a-mac/feed/ 0 China’s Google Block: A Final Warning? http://techcorner24.com/683/china%e2%80%99s-google-block-a-final-warning/ http://techcorner24.com/683/china%e2%80%99s-google-block-a-final-warning/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:52:49 +0000 TechCorner http://techcorner24.com/683/china%e2%80%99s-google-block-a-final-warning/
According to many reports , the Chinese authorities have temporarily blocked access to the Chinese version of Google Search, Google.cn, as well as Gmail, at 9pm local time. The sites seem to be available again now, but this is a clear sign that even Google is not untouchable any more when it comes to Chinese censorship. The dispute between CIIRC (China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center) and Google ...]]>

According to many reports , the Chinese authorities have temporarily blocked access to the Chinese version of Google Search, Google.cn, as well as Gmail, at 9pm local time. The sites seem to be available again now, but this is a clear sign that even Google is not untouchable any more when it comes to Chinese censorship. The dispute between CIIRC (China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center) and Google …

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