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We’re All Journalists Now: Press freedom, internet freedom, and the line between the two

Today is World Press Freedom Day.  As the IPF exists to provide a platform for free speech, it is an important occasion for us; we recognise the role that a free press continues to play in exposing corruption, keeping people i...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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China’s Revolutionary Road?

“Revolution” is a dirty word in China; but it shouldn’t be. In fact, the Chinese are rather well versed in it. Everyone is aware of the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989, but less well known are China’s other revolutio...
by Neil Andrews
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China’s Red Army Returns Online and Hunts Students

In China’s Southern Guangdong province, the local government honored the Guangdong Baiyun University for its ‘excellent work’ in monitoring activities and opinions of students online, according to the Nandu Daily [z...
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Saudi Arabia Threatens to Block Skype and WhatsApp

Saudi Arabia, an Enemy of the Internet, is threatening to block a number of popular communication tools, such as Skype and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, unless the operating companies agree to infringe on the privacy of u...
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Former President of Google China Reveals Censorship Statistics

Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China, published a chart on Twitter showing how often his micro-blog was deleted by the Chinese government’s censorship arm. Lee regularly blogs about cultural and technology issue...
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A Choice Called ‘Pragaash’

“Valentine day. Do you know what is it ? Saint valentine had loved a young girl and had sex with her before married (ZINA) And that’s why UK government had hanged him on that day 14 february and since then the non believer ...
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Russia’s Internet Censorship “Experiment”

A Russian federal region is about to embark on an “experimental” project aimed at censoring the internet. A joint effort by the Kostroma regional government and an NGO called the League of Safe Internet, it is similar in sp...
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Cyberspace Blocked in Russia

There is an ongoing discussion of the “sites blacklist” created by the Mass Media Inspection Service in Russia on November 1st A new law was introduced in Russia on November 1st which created a list of sites that the govern...
by Ekaterina Mordvinova
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