The concept of Transparency carries a simple meaning, if practiced by governments it will empower the masses, place them in a position to expose misuse of power, corruption and defend their democracies.A namesake transparency will only be...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In a shocking decision the government of Pakistan has banned WordPress.com, the world renowned open-source blogging tool and a content management system.Users in the country can't access WordPress.com nor the blogs hosted on it. However,...
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...
It seems banning the usage of VPN (Virtual Private Network) wasn't enough as the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of United Arab Emirates (UAE) has now blocked new free voice call feature from popular instant messaging app...
Shane Tusch learned about the authenticity of Facebook’s suicide prevention tools the hard way - What started as an attempt to check if the tool really works ended in landing him in a mental health facility for 70 hours.About a few weeks ago...
A 27-year-old graduate student Mohammad Yousefi, was sent to prison in Iran as part of a crackdown on social media users by using “Black Spider” trapping project.Former Green activist Mohammad Yousefi has quietly been held in detention...
