A new initiative called “Museum of Social Media” offers free ‘exhibits’ of articles from Wiley journals.
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Citizen Lab publications available for free on Wiley’s “Museum of Social Media”
May 15, 2012 – 2:24 am
Iran curbs foreign-sourced email providers
May 12, 2012 – 2:49 pm
Source: Al Arabiya
Iran’s telecommunications ministry has barred local banks, insurance firms and telephone operators from using foreign-sourced emails to communicate with clients, a specialist weekly said on Saturday.
Internews’ Global Digital Download
May 10, 2012 – 2:41 am
Source: Internews
The Global Digital Download is a weekly publication that aggregates resources on Internet freedom, highlighting trends in digital and social media that intersect with freedom of expression, policy, privacy, censorship and new technologies.
Indian government gives ISPs one month for enabling VoIP interception
May 7, 2012 – 5:23 pm
Source: Anupam Saxena, MediaNama
The Indian government has given a one month deadline to Internet Service Providers, specially the ones offering services in Jammu & Kashmir, to come up with a solution enabling the interception of VoIP calls.
Several targeted attacks exploiting Adobe Flash Player
May 6, 2012 – 5:27 pm
Source: Alien Vault
A couple of days ago, Adobe issued a security update for Adobe Flash Player that has been detected in the wild targeting specific objectives.
China blamed for multi-continent cyberspying caper in 2011
May 3, 2012 – 5:31 pm
Source: Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor
For six months last year, cyberspies infiltrated and siphoned key data from the computer networks of at least 20 organizations in the US, Australia, Canada, and Europe.
CJFE’s Review of Free Expression in Canada includes piece by Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert
May 3, 2012 – 3:16 pm
In his piece, Professor Deibert writes about Canada’s role in securing cyberspace, quasi-national cyber armies such as the Syrian Electronic Army and the challenges faced by global civil society in cyberspace.
Citizen Lab Visiting Fellow Luis Horacio Najera in the Globe and Mail
May 3, 2012 – 3:05 pm
Citizen Lab Visiting Fellow Luis Horacio Najera’s commentary was featured in today’s Globe and Mail about World Press Freedom Day.
UK filmmaker unwittingly divulges identity of Syrian activists
May 3, 2012 – 2:55 pm
Source: Matthieu Aikins, Columbia Journalism Review
Last fall, “Kardokh,” a 25-year-old dissident and computer expert in the Syrian capital of Damascus, met with British journalist and filmmaker Sean McAllister. (Kardokh is his online pseudonym, used at his request.)
Targeted attacks in Syria
May 3, 2012 – 2:51 pm
Source: F-Secure
Syria has been the center of much international attention lately.
