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China Gleefully Uses UK Desire For Censorship To Validate Its Own Censorship
Written by Mike Masnick We’ve talked repeatedly of the blatant hypocrisy of many Western nations talking about the importance of internet freedom and condemning China (and others) for their internet...
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Chinese Art Activist Returns to Ruins of Bulldozed Arts District
Written by An Xiao BEIJING — Photographer and installation artist Wu Yuren (吴玉仁), who Hyperallergic profiled last year for his activist work, has returned after a year to visit the 008 and Zhengyang...
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EFF’s Warrantless Wiretapping Cases Back in Court on August 31
News Update by Cindy Cohn More than five years ago, EFF filed the first lawsuit aimed at stopping the government’s illegal mass surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans’ private communications....
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The Definitive Guide to Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia in the 2012 Republican...
The Republican field for 2012 is pretty competitive–when it comes to regressive statements and bigotry, that is. Written by Sally Kohn There is a reflecting pool between the Washington Monument and the...
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War on Women: Anti-Choice Movement Resorting to Shameless Tricks to Shutter...
Despite lawsuits and activism, women’s health clinics are shutting their doors, thanks to “regulations” coming, in one case, from secret origins. In Arizona, three clinics have stopped providing...
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‘Jail’ Built For Activist, Family
Chinese authorities construct a special prison to keep tighter controls over a blind rights lawyer and his family. Screen grab of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng from a video showing his life under...
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Hacking Crackdown ‘Targets Dissent’
Chinese authorities further tighten state controls online. China has announced a clampdown on domestic computer crime starting this week, but activists say the new rules look more likely to limit...
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Chinese Newspapers Face New Controls
Beijing propaganda authorities take over the reins of two major papers. A woman walks past a newsstand in Beijing. Authorities in China have placed two popular Beijing papers under the supervision of...
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China: Sex, Censorship and the Rise of ‘People’s Porn’
Written by Ronald Much of the discussion surrounding Chinese Internet culture has centered on the rise of online human rights activism, but the emergence of an online erotic culture that openly...
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Cops Arrest Wall Street Protesters on Obscure Centuries-Old Mask-Wearing Charges
By Sarah Seltzer | Sourced from AlterNet It seems that the NYPD has invoked some obscure old-school laws to help break up the relatively unthreatening “Occupy Wall Street” protests happening downtown....
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Inside the Surveillance State: How Peaceful Activists Get Swept Up onto...
TruthOut and ACLU Massachusetts / By Nancy Murray and Kade Crockford Sourced from AlterNet There appears to be no end to the appetite for data to be stored and mined, and all sorts of agencies want a...
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Poetry Reading To Highlight Turkmen Censorship
American poets will read the works of dissident Turkmen poets on September 24 outside the Washington embassies of Turkmenistan, Myanmar, and Yemen to protest the censorship of poetry, RFE/RL’s Turkmen...
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Russia: Cyber Security Code of Conduct?
Written by Alexey Sidorenko The year of 2011 has turned out to be a hot season for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA): the government is attempting to spread the system of Internet controls...
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Syrian Forces Seeking Army Defectors Storm Cities, Killing 8
Syrian troops backed by tanks and helicopters have killed at least eight people in raids designed to crush army deserters who are fighting back after months of mostly peaceful protests against...
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#OccupyWallStreet Protest Movement Spreading Like Wildfire
What began in New York City more than two weeks ago and labeled #OccupyWallStreet has spawned similar demonstrations in several major U.S. cities, including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and across the...
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#OccupyWallStreet Protest Joined by Labor, Community Groups
Written by Carolyn Weaver | New York City #OccupyWallStreet protestors were joined Wednesday by labor unions and community organizers demonstrating in New York against what they see as economic...
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Footage Surfaces of Police Brutality at Occupy Wall Street Rally
As AlterNet’s Kristen Gwynne and Sarah Jaffe reported late last night, the labor and community rally held in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street was inspiring, well-attended — and unfortunately, marred...
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#OccupyWallStreet Spawns #OccupyDC
The anti-capitalist protests that began near Wall Street in New York are spreading to other cities. Unlike the Tea Party movement, which blames big government for America’s economic problems, the...
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Burma Censorship Chief Calls for Press Freedom
The chief of Burma’s state censorship body has called for press freedom in the repressive nation, even suggesting his own department should be shut down. Tint Swe, director of the Press Scrutiny and...
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Dalai Lama Criticizes ‘Immoral’ Chinese Censorship
The Dalai Lama sharply criticized censorship in China as “immoral” during a video chat with Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. The exiled Tibetan leader spoke with Tutu Saturday from Dharamsala, India....
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