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Pakistan lifts YouTube ban, reinstates ban minutes later

Pakistan lifts YouTube ban, reinstates ban minutes later
  • Posted December 31, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • When YouTube refused to take down a controversial video called "Innocence of Muslims" this summer, a small number of violent protests were sparked. Pakistani officials reacted by imposing a country-wide block of YouTube. According to the New York Times, YouTube was made…

Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets

Syrian Internet outage persists, Speak2Tweet allows phone tweets
  • Posted November 30, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • It appears Syria's recent and continued Internet outage has rekindled public interest in Google's Speak2Tweet service. Speak2Tweet allows individuals without Internet access to use Twitter by calling a voicemail system. The audio messages left behind are then made publicly available on…

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt

Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt
  • Posted November 29, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Syria's tether to the digital world appears to have been severed, cutting off Internet access to and from the country entirely. In addition to an apparent Internet blackout, Syrians may also be facing isolated landline and cellular phone service disruptions according…

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…

YouTube offers face blurring in one click

YouTube offers face blurring in one click
  • Posted July 18, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Heeding input from human rights activists and this 2011 Cameras Everywhere report, YouTube has added a feature which aims to protect the privacy of individuals involved in controversial video footage. The new feature, "Blur All Faces", now appears in YouTube's…

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