"If it bothers you that the China government does it, it should bother you when your cable company does it." - White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Internet Policy, Andrew McLaughlinREAD»
China has banned the use of physical punishment to cure Internet addicts, according to a report in CIO, a publication of the International Data Group. But was there ever such a thing as Internet addiction in the first place? ...READ»
Search on Google for the company's name plus the phrase "Don't Be Evil", and you'll get 366,000 hits. The company's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil">motto has been used at least since 2001</a>, ...READ»
As the Supreme Court goes back to work this week it once again will determine just how far the First Amendment stretches. But rather than the usual "prayer in school" or "mandatory pledge of allegiance" cases that generally clog the ...READ»
U.S. computer makers and free speech advocates won a hefty victory over China's ruling party last month when the People's Republic backed down on a mandate that all computers in that country come packaged with a state-approved Web ...READ»
Without explanation or details, the Chinese government has suspended the enforcement of the new rule mandating that Web filtering software, known as Green Dam Youth Escort, be included with every computer sold in that country. The ...READ»
China issued a fresh round of criticism for Google today as the search giant scrambles to restore services that were unavailable to many users in China for part of the day yesterday. The mysterious disruptions of Google that began ...READ»
China's decision to force the use of the "Green Dam" censorware on every PC gives us the latest--and possibly the most glaring--example of a social auto-immune disorder.READ»
China is not relenting in its latest campaign against "vulgar" material on the Web. In its latest salvo against the free flow of information, the People's Republic has ordered Google to shut down its foreign Web site search and ...READ»
China's mandate that all PCs sold in that country must be shipped with state-approved filtering software has met more opposition, but this time it's not from human rights groups or American PC-makers. A California-based software ...READ»
China’s announcement Monday that all computers sold in that country must include state-approved software to filter out pornography has drawn a good deal of commentary this week, none of it good. PC makers, civil liberties groups, ...READ»
Beginning July 1, PC makers pushing their products in China will face an ethical challenge. That's when the Chinese government plans to require all PCs sold in the country to ship with software that blocks access to particular ...READ»
Facebook employs "Porn Cops," who roam the digital corridors of the social networking site and make sure no one's posting pictures with too many pink pixels and the like. This team's work is being profiled over at ...READ»
A company called Sikalosoft launched an extremely poor-taste iPhone application this week: Baby Shaker. It was a tiny, poorly-programmed game that merely played a baby's cry repeatedly until you shook the phone enough. And after a ...READ»
Nicole Wong, dubbed "Google's Gatekeeper" by the New York Times Magazine and "The Decider" by her colleagues, is the person at Google with the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether to ...READ»
Nicole Wong, dubbed "Google's Gatekeeper" by the New York Times Magazine and "The Decider" by her colleagues, is the person at Google with the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether to honor ...READ»
"This is not a campaign against free speech" said the UK's Minister for Culture, as he made a call for all websites to carry a film-style parental rating. And for the sites to be taken offline if deemed offensive or violent. These are ...READ»
When I wrote about China and its mishandling of the Olympics, I wondered if there was more deception to come. And apparently there was. As a colleague of mine commented in the original blog, two girls on the Chinese gymnastic team ...READ»
In my mind, already, China has botched these Olympics. Word has come out that two different aspects of the elaborate opening ceremony were faked. Some of the fireworks seen on the televised ceremony were computer generated. And the ...READ»
