Tag Archives: Censorship

After several months of animated protests by the online community, Lamar Smith, the sponsor of the "Stop Online Piracy Act" has decided to withdraw the bill.

It looks like we'll be getting a chance to witness history -- on January 18th, Wikipedia has announced that it's going to "black out" its US site for 24 hours.

H.R. 3261, also known as SOPA has definitely been under scrutiny by the tech world. The concern is that SOPA could bring US internet censorship to dangerously draconian levels.

Google has just published their "Transparency Report", which includes worldwide 'takedown requests' that they've received. What do you think US government officials have asked to be taken down?

A controversial bill called "COICA" was in the spotlight last year, for its aggressive approach to internet censorship. Though it didn't pass, it's been revamped again this year, with a new name and even more potentially devastating internet restrictions.

Even though Google+ hasn't been officially released to the public yet, China has already banned it from their country. Will Google retaliate?

Dell, HP, Apple and plenty of other computer manufacturers are flipping a shit today. Know why? It’s because China is nothing but a pro-censorship, communist country that shelters its people from truth. Starting next month, all computers going into the country will have to contain software that filters websites that China deems “unhealthy.” News, video and plenty of other websites ...

Sometimes, when I’m bored, I’ll get a girl pregnant. I stay with her for nine months and once that baby pops out, I grab it right out of the doctor’s hands and start shaking that little porker as hard as I possibly can. At least that’s what Apple would like you to believe. They removed the 99-cent “Baby Shaker” app ...

Kazakhstan has bristled at Sacha Baron Cohen’s depiction of the Central Asian nation in his popular Borat movie. They say they’re not a bunch of anti-semites who marry their siblings. Kazakhstan may not hate the Jews, but they sure don’t like Livejournal.