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China tightens control over Internet, passes new rules
China's government tightened controls on Internet users Friday by enacting rules requiring them to register their names. The new rules follow online postings about graft and abuses that rattled the ruling party. #China #NewsTracker #Web Censorship #Internet Controls #Internet regulation
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Web censorship: Govt blocked 690 offensive sites in last 3 years
The government on Wednesday said it has issued directions to intermediaries for blocking 690 webpages/ URLs for carrying anti-social and anti-national and hateful content under Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. #DoT #InsecureNet #Web Censorship
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UN Internet conference: New treaty could ensure less web control
As a 12-day conference of the International Telecommunication Union drew near its Friday closing, the chairman of the gathering in Dubai circulated a draft that sidelined proposals from Russia, China and other countries that seek more web control. #HowThisWorks #International Telecommunication Union #Web Censorship #UN Internet Conference
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Global Voices OnlineBrunei: ‘Slow Internet is Almost Like Censorship’
The replies are mostly complaints about the slow internet connection provided by the country’s three major telco providers. @nadiebytes even compared the slow internet to censorship: Brunei internet users are complaining against the slow and unreliable #Brunei #Southeast Asia #World Economic Forum
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BBC NewsChinese web activists see new pressure from censors
17 May 2013 Last updated at 12:40 ET By John Sudworth BBC News, Shanghai Zhang Xuezhong says his accounts have been cancelled because he is critical of the government For years it has been difficult to work out who is winning China's internet battle: the #China #Shanghai #Xi Jinping
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MSN IndiaRights, liberties threatened in Sri Lanka, says rights body
Colombo, May 20 (IANS) Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Tamil Tigers, Human Rights Watch said Monday. This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war's end #Sri Lanka #Human Rights Watch #Mahinda Rajapaksa