Reporters Without Borders (RSF) draws attention to recent official and unofficial (?) attacks on Chinese news and human rights websites:
The Shanghai Information Bureau closed the literary forum Zhongguo Dangdai Shige Luntan. An employee of the hosting server commented in an interview: “All articles relating to politics, the Falungong movement or those critical of the party, [...]
Flickr is the latest casualty of China’s cyber censorship, according to reports from Beijing. Average surfers complain: “I just want to look at some photos! What’s wrong with that?”
Subversive elements quickly posted work-arounds on blogs and in chat rooms. Given the speed with which China’s internet-using population is growing – over 140 million in recent [...]
Riverbend, the most renowned Iraqi blogger, who has been leading her own corageous e-resistance against the military occupation, and revealing to thousands of readers worldwide the horrors of living in Baghdad over the last 4 years, has finally decided to leave the country.
The Iraqi blogosphere loses its best commander and an important virtual battle.
