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 Media Experts Predict Future of Chinese Internet
Where do the pipes lead? It’s been over a year since crotchety Alaska Senator, Ted Stevens famously explained that the Internet was not a truck, as might be assumed, but rather a series of tubes. Few others have been able to define what the Internet is so eloquently, several months ago, China’s leading […]
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 […]
Paraguay: Candidates Using Blogs to Reach Voters
by Muna Annahas Paraguay’s Presidential elections will be held on April 20, 2008. Many of the top presidential candidates are using blogs as a way to communicate with potential voters as they transmit their thoughts about a specific topic or explain their government plan in case they are elected. These blogs are written and published […]
GrameenPhone may be given licence to operate Ctg-C’Bazar optic fibre network
The government plans to award licence to GrameenPhone (GP) to operate Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar optic fibre network by April, in a move to give a further boost to the country’s telecom sector, officials said. The mobile telephony titan is sure to win the bid to lease the 145-kilomtre-long optic-fibre network, owned by Power Grid Company of […]
Mobile Phone Blackberry Services Not to be Banned
The statement of the Telecommunications Secretary to the Government of India that there is no move to ban the use of ‘blackberry services’ has come as a major relief to both the service providers and users. There is an estimated half-a-million users of this service in the country. Blackberry is a value added service developed […]