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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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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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WATCH: The Crowd In The Machine

What shall we make of the flood of images and voices coursing through the Internet, and how shall we process it? In our minds, the details of so much material overlap and overwhelm. On the Internet, we say, our attention is get...
by Ivan Sigal
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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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Social Media: The End of the ‘Right to Privacy’?

The ‘right to privacy’ is, according to the liberal tradition of political philosophers such as John Stuart Mill one of the most important rights for man to be treated as a ‘free, autonomous, and valued individual’ and ...
by Joe Corry-Roake
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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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Google’s Loon Project vs Facebook’s Connectivity Lab: The Broadband Arms Race Heats Up

For the two-thirds of the world that cannot access the Internet, the broadband connectivity arms race between Facebook and Google is providing hope that soon they too may soon be surfing the web. Various reasons prevent people ...
by Brandon Engel
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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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