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Banning sex offenders from social media sites violates free speech, Federal court rules

Banning sex offenders from social media sites violates free speech, Federal court rules
  • Posted January 23, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Due to First Amendment concerns, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated an Indiana law barring registered sex offenders from using social network sites. "The Indiana law targets substantially more activity than the evil it seeks to redress,"…

Iran blocks Google due to video controversy, readies own Internet

Iran blocks Google due to video controversy, readies own Internet
  • Posted September 25, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • According to Reuters, Google's search and Gmail services have been blocked from public view in Iran. Tehran officials say these latest additions to Iran's web filter are the result of a much publicized anti-Islamic video called "Innocence of Muslims". The…

Google Transparency Report reveals global political censorship trend

Google Transparency Report reveals global political censorship trend
  • Posted June 18, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Google blogged Sunday that it continues to be regularly disheartened by a portion of the removal requests it receives, requests which appear to promote "alarming" types of censorship. Political speech, in particular, is a growing request pegged for removal by…

Iran bans select industries from using foreign e-mail providers

Iran bans select industries from using foreign e-mail providers
  • Posted May 14, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • Over the weekend, Iran's telecommunications minster warned that in-country financial institutions, insurance firms and communications companies will be limited exclusively to .ir domains for hosting and email purposes. For better or worse, the national mandate will prevent applicable organizations from…

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