The Web Microsoft Microsoft says Bing has been blocked in China It's unclear why By Rob Thubron, January 24, 2019, 5:25 AM 36 comments
The Web Supreme Court denied reviewal of defamation lawsuit against Yelp reviews Your negative reviews are safe --- for now By Cal Jeffrey, January 23, 2019, 6:47 AM
The Web China's Twitter users now face detention and interrogations for their posts Imagine being chained to a chair for 8 hours over a tweet By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2019, 10:15 AM 16 comments
Gaming Tech Culture After months of freeze, China reopens its doors to new games, except for Tencent's Large titles from Tencent and NetEase are still absent By Isaiah Mayersen, December 30, 2018, 11:52 AM
The Web Google Google has reportedly shut down its 'Dragonfly' Chinese search engine project Internal pressure has forced the company's hand By Cohen Coberly, December 18, 2018, 6:26 AM
Gaming Industry China forms game ethics committee, rejects almost half of first 20 titles it reviews (updated) And wants "moral hazard" content removed from 11 others By Rob Thubron, December 11, 2018, 8:24 AM 7 comments
Google Tech Culture Open letter from Google employees calls for the cancelation of Project Dragonfly The custom engine reportedly collects personal info and censors search results By Cal Jeffrey, November 27, 2018, 6:46 PM 14 comments
Google The Web Google CEO directly confirms the company is building censored search for China Pichai is worried about public perception of how AI gets used By Greg Synek, October 16, 2018, 9:16 AM 15 comments
Google Leak reveals Google's Chinese search engine is months away from launch Don't be evil, Google By Rob Thubron, October 10, 2018, 5:25 AM 9 comments
Google The Web VP Mike Pence slams Google over Chinese search engine project The veep said it would "strengthen Communist Party censorship" By Rob Thubron, October 5, 2018, 8:05 AM
Google The Web Google employees discussed modifying search results to contradict Trump travel ban A clever plan to promote pro-immigration groups By Greg Synek, September 21, 2018, 9:25 AM 45 comments
The Web Twitch says it has been blocked in China Joining an increasingly long list By Rob Thubron, September 21, 2018, 6:13 AM
Google The Web Google reportedly built a Chinese search engine that links queries to phone numbers Google has yet to publicly comment on Dragonfly By Shawn Knight, September 17, 2018, 11:01 AM
Tech Culture The Web Social media giants are meeting with Justice Department to discuss suppression of free speech Is it time for more transparency of social media algorithms? By Greg Synek, September 6, 2018, 8:57 AM 13 comments
Tech Culture AI Twitter CEO claims shadow banning of 600,000 accounts was due to faulty 'filtering' algorithms AI was nixing content based on the behavior of the banned accounts' followers By Cal Jeffrey, September 5, 2018, 4:47 PM 7 comments
Google Google is working with China on a censored search engine known as Project Dragonfly What precedent does willfully enabling censorship set? By Greg Synek, August 1, 2018, 7:51 AM 14 comments
Gaming Valve bans first-person shooter game and developer after public protest The developer/publisher had been perviously banned on legal matters By Cal Jeffrey, May 30, 2018, 2:22 PM 21 comments
Industry Mobile Russia bans 50 VPNs and proxy servers in effort to block Telegram users Users are still finding ways to use the service By Cal Jeffrey, May 3, 2018, 6:36 PM 20 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Madmind Studios will censor horror game Agony to appease ESRB Promises to undo changes with an "optional patch" for PC --- consoles must remain unmodified By Cal Jeffrey, April 23, 2018, 6:46 PM 11 comments
Gaming PC version of horror game Agony will receive optional patch to remove censorship The graphic content was too much for consoles By Rob Thubron, April 16, 2018, 2:40 PM
The Web China sentences man to five years in jail for selling a VPN service The country continues to crack down on virtual private networks By Rob Thubron, December 26, 2017, 8:02 AM
The Web Facebook banned "sexual" Christmas cards featuring drawings of animals What did Facebook see in these cards? By Rob Thubron, November 13, 2017, 8:30 AM
Google The Web Google Docs is accidentally blocking access to documents Users prevented from accessing own files By Greg Synek, October 31, 2017, 2:26 PM 7 comments
Software WhatsApp gets blocked by China's government The writing was on the wall By Rob Thubron, September 26, 2017, 2:50 PM
Gaming Malaysia is trying to ban 'Fight of Gods' because of 'blasphemous' content There go the E-sport opportunities By Cal Jeffrey, September 8, 2017, 6:30 PM 23 comments