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Brazilian Ministry of Culture is planning to sue Facebook on blocking the picture of an Indian woman from 1909 just because her breasts were exposed. The ministry claims that Facebook is illegally exposing its censorship standards on Brazil. Brazil will sue Facebook for blocking picture of indigenous woman Reportedly, Brazilian Cultural Ministry isn’t happy with […]
If you thought only the United State government loves censorship, you are wrong — Here are some shocking revelations about Pakistani Sopa & PIPA. Cyber terrorism is the main area of concern to every government and head of state nowadays but some governments adopt a completely disoriented approach to counter the threat of cybercrime by introducing laws that […]
China to Use Stronger Weapons to Censor the Web and it is called Great Cannon — It can block websites and interrupt international traffic like no one else. Lately, China has been bombarding American websites with Internet traffic in a bid to take out such services that let China’s web users to view websites that […]
Yesterday we reported how WordPress (WP) was banned in Pakistan due to internet security issues. We also revealed that the banned will be a temporary one. Now according to sources Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), WordPress has unblocked in Pakistan and bloggers can access the platform without using any proxy or VPN. Those who can’t access the site […]
The Great Firewall of China known for censoring/blocking websites in the country was under DDoS attack which caused a blockage of Reuters’ news website in China on Friday. The content of the website was blocked and could not be accessed later on Thursday. Both the English and Chinese version were inaccessible but the Chinese clients could still […]
French Government In No Mood to Grant “Free Speech” right – France blocking Websites that propagate views the government doesn’t like. In what can be termed as an aftermath of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, the country that was so far popularly known as the guardian of “free speech” right is now […]
On Friday, several foreign-based virtual private network (VPN) providers reported a disruption in their services to Chinese users. Providers such as StrongVPN and Golden Frog noted that Chinese users faced difficulties in accessing some of their sites. The list of inaccessible sites kept changing each day. VPNs facilitate the connection between a computer, a smartphone […]
Since April 1994, when the first cable connected to China‘s Internet, the Beijing government strives to maintain control over online content accessed by the Chinese people. Since then, many sites have been banned in the country. And when they are not completely banned, they suffer from constant censorship. Last month, Gmail service in China was completely blocked […]
Google is back in the news for all the wrong reasons! According to reports from BBC, a European Court of Justice ruled that an individual can force a search engine for removing “irrelevant and out-dated” search results. After the ruling the multinational US-based search engine Google has received new takedown requests. This ruling was an […]
Earlier it was reported how Reddit developer, Internet genius and hacktivist Aaron Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn, New York apartment, where he had allegedly hanged himself. Now a documentary ‘The Internet’s Own Boy”, based on his life, struggle and death is about to go public. To promote the documentary, a very powerful trailer has been released. […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that Internet is a CIA project and Russians should be careful while making Google searches. While speaking to a group of emerging journalists during a television event on Thursdays, Putin said that Internet was developed by the Central Intelligence Agency as a ‘’special project’’, reported by AFP News. While […]
Facebook detects and stores everything you type on the social network even if the message is not published. Most of us are very cautious about what to post on Facebook, and they, therefore, think a lot before pressing enter to post the content they have written or attached. Well, many of you would love to […]