https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/public/ recent bookmarks from guardiantech 2014-02-07T11:17:46+00:00 http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/103067/Eluding-the-Ministry-of-Truth.aspx guardiantechInternet censorship in China is not simply matter of blocking foreign websites and deleting anything deemed harmful, nor is the state the only actor. The government delegates censorship to private websites, which face punishment, including closure, if they do not comply. On social media platforms like Sina Weibo, the Twitter-like site where about 100 million posts appear daily, censors block keywords to keep people from discussing politically sensitive topics. Chinese Internet users skirt censorship by using a variety of innovative strategies. Great use of animated GIFs.]]> china censorship https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:3d925deeb62a/ 2013-02-28T21:41:34+00:00 http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/?newsid=3432561 guardiantechApple's iCloud email service deletes all emails that contain the phrase "barely legal teen" it was revealed today. Experiences seem to vary. It does for me (sending from Gmail to iCloud). It doesn't, for example for Jared Earle.]]> apple censorship email https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:531929db17ac/ 2012-12-25T22:47:30+00:00 http://www.techinasia.com/2013-worst-year-china-tech/ guardiantechThe mobile market will be restricted. One of China’s tech regulatory bodies, MIIT, is planning to reach its cold, bony hands into the world of mobile app development and sales. Exactly how that will turn out isn’t yet clear, but MIIT’s regulatory processes are the reason an iPhone takes an extra three months to come out in China. App developers are understandably concerned that they’re going to be slowed down — which can be a death sentence in the fast-paced mobile ecosystem — or censored, or very possibly both. Whatever happens with this round of regulation, I would guess that this won’t be the only time we see MIIT interfering in the mobile space in 2013. And there's plenty more interference where that came from.]]> china mobile android censorship https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:4167027876f2/ 2012-05-03T05:20:40+00:00 http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-enjoys-12-million-traffic-boost-shares-unblocking-tips-120502/ guardiantechLast week the UK High Court ruled that several of the country’s leading ISPs must block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay. The decision is designed to limit traffic to the world’s leading BitTorrent site but in the short-term it had the opposite effect. Yesterday, The Pirate Bay had 12 million more visitors than it has ever had, providing a golden opportunity to educate users on how to circumvent blocks. Factual correction: the ruling came this week. ]]> piratebay bittorrent censorship https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:65046c5a8d02/ 2011-12-30T23:01:29+00:00 http://parislemon.com/post/14998383487/goldfinger guardiantech charlesarthur google+ googleplus censorship https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:82d9dd8033ab/ 2011-12-26T20:57:08+00:00 http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/12/24/go-daddy-lost-21054-domains-yesterday-in-wake-of-sopa-pr-disaster/ guardiantech sopa domains godaddy censorship copyright https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:2ef9560983a7/ 2011-08-03T20:59:17+00:00 http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2011/08/site-blocking-what-uk-government-would.html guardiantech charlesarthur digitaleconomyact censorship https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:d0169f27c546/ 2011-05-15T20:21:44+00:00 http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/15/access-to-ipad-app-flipboard-compromised-in-china/ guardiantech
Where "particularly interesting" means "the sort of censorship that the Chinese government does reflexively".]]> charlesarthur china greatfirewall censorship https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:b71bc4eaf94a/ 2011-05-13T07:44:18+00:00 http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/2011512134039497302.html guardiantech africa censorship internet https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:2587612234e7/