by Paula Góes The Brazilian blogosphere has not quite yet recovered from its last fright and there is already another threat on the way: a blanket ban on blogs hosted on WordPress.com after a judicial court passed an order to close down a specific blog. Gabriela Zabo [pt] explains why: O motivo é uma decisão judicial expedida em março, que […]
China Unblocks Controversial Websites, Despite Uncertainty over Tibet, Torch Relay
When mobile technology consultant, Benjamin Joffe arrived at his Beijing office last week, he was informed by a colleague that the "Great Firewall" was down. Joffe was incredulous. "We thought, ‘come on. it’s April 1st, it must be a joke." However, Joffe and others around China found Youtube, Flickr, Blogger, WordPress, Wikipedia, and, even the […]
Cuba: Blocked Blogger Yoani Sánchez Receives Prestigious Award
Yoani Sánchez is probably the most famous blogger in Cuba, a country where internet access is very limited and controlled. Her blog Generación Y [es] is extremely popular for anyone interested about Cuba, and has been often featured as an example of cyber-dissidence in Western media such as The International Herald Tribune, The New York […]
Free Speech Roundup: Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen
by Sami Ben Gharbia In this roundup: (1) Indonesia blocks YouTube over “Fitna” the movie. (2) Saudi Arabia: Fouad Alfarhan’s blog and Freefouad blocked. (3) Slide blocked in Turkey. (4) Yemen blocks Maktoob blogging platform. 1. Indonesia blocks YouTube over “Fitna” the movie The Indonesian government has ordered the country’s internet service providers to block YouTube for publishing […]
11 ways of staying focused
For me, there are always several things constantly competing for my time – articles to write, business opportunities to explore, links to follow up, my daily work, personal commitments etc. In my experience whenever I try to work on many things at the same time, none of them actually gets done. In response, I’ve incorporated […]
All cyclone-hit areas reached in Bangladesh
Relief workers and the Bangladesh military on Tuesday reached the last remaining pockets of the country devastated by a cyclone that killed nearly 3 500 people along the Bay of Bengal. It has taken five days to gain access to the hardest-hit areas in an operation involving helicopters, planes and boats, as well as thousands of […]