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.
Tag Archives: Internet Freedom
Iran curbs foreign-sourced email providers
May 12, 2012 – 2:49 pm
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.
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.
Vietnam charges three people with “propaganda against the state” for using Internet for protest
April 28, 2012 – 1:50 am
Source: Voice of America
Vietnamese authorities have accused Nguyen Van Hai, Phan Than Hai and Ta Phong Tan of posting 421 articles on their Web logs, or blogs, that “distorted and opposed the State.”
Googler Sergey Brin cries crocodile tears on threats to ‘open Internet’
April 27, 2012 – 5:07 pm
Source: Dwayne Winseck, The Globe and Mail
Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, kicked off The Guardian newspaper’s “Battle for the Internet” series last week with a full-throated defense of open data and an open Internet.
Technology web surveillance: Some of the world’s most invasive regimes
April 26, 2012 – 5:19 pm
Source: Katie Scott, Wired
In its Freedom on the Net 2011 report, Freedom House states: “The country reports and numerical scores in this study reveal that a growing number of governments are moving to regulate or restrict the free flow of information on the internet.
Hacktivists in the frontline battle for the internet
April 20, 2012 – 5:28 pm
What happens in an Internet minute?
April 20, 2012 – 9:18 am
Source: Intel
What happens in an Internet minute? Today, the number of networked devices is equal to the global population.
Fake Skype encryption software serves up Syrian-based Trojan
April 20, 2012 – 9:12 am
Source: Nart Villeneuve, Trend Micro
As the conflict in Syria persists, the Internet continues to play an interesting role.
