censorship

How China Censors the Internet – Video

Internet censorship in China – Leaked documents from Baidu reveals a list of banned keywords and topics that are blacklisted on the Chinese internet.

Monitor Internet Censorship Around the World

Monitor Internet Censorship Around the World
Herdict Web show you a list of sites that are inaccessible in a particular country. You can also use it to know locations where a particular site may have been blocked.

Indian Government Bans Orkut, Gmail & Facebook for Diplomats

Indian Government Bans Orkut, Gmail & Facebook for Diplomats
The Ministry of External Affairs has issued a blanket ban on blogging, social networking or web email services aimed at preventing cyber attacks and leakage of classified information. This ban would hit social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut and Ibibo, peer-to-peer sites like Kazaa, photo-sharing sites like Flickr and Picasa, or external email services like Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail.

Bloggers Write Text Backwards to Bypass Web Filters in China

Bloggers Write Text Backwards to Bypass Web Filters in China
Bloggers and journalists in China are using a novel approach to bypass Internet filters in their country – they write backwards or from right to left. The content therefore remains readable by human beings but defeats the web filtering software.

Blocking Access to Web sites at Work Could Backfire

Blocking Access to Web sites at Work Could Backfire
Last month, a study revealed that banning access to websites at work actually decreases staff productivity. It said that taking an online break during the course of the working day helps reduce stress and results in a more happier workplace.

Banning Websites in Offices Can Make Employees Less Productive

Banning Websites in Offices Can Make Employees Less Productive
If blogs, personal emails, social networks and other time wasting websites  are banned at your workplace, show this to your boss. A study of office workers in UK has found that banning access to websites at work actually decreases staff productivity.

China Blocks Access to Websites & Blogs for Olympic Games

China Blocks Access to Websites & Blogs for Olympic Games
China has blocked access to all Blogger blogs ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games that begin in Beijing three months from now. We conducted connectivity tests using three different nodes in China and none of them could connect to blogspot blogs.