This Week in Internet Censorship
Updated: 2011-11-07 23:40:15
Skip to main content Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world Search form Search Main menu Home About Our Work Deeplinks Blog Press Room Take Action Shop November 7, 2011 3:40pm By Maira Sutton and Trevor Timm This Week in Internet Censorship Egypt imprisons Alaa , other pro-democracy bloggers EFF recently highlighted the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah one of Egypt’s most influential pro-democracy bloggers , who is now serving fifteen days in jail for refusing to be interrogated by military prosecutors . His supposed crime Accusing the military of having a direct role in the killing of 27 people during a Coptic Christian protest in October . As the Guardian reported Alaa’s claim appears to be supported by extensive witness reports and video footage . On
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Yesterday the New York Post--Rupert Murdoch's down-market tabloid, for those who are blessed to live beyond its circulation area--ran this front-page editorial demanding that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg shut down the Occupy Wall Street encampment to reclaim the city's "dignity":
Uhh.... that message would be coming from the paper that ran this dignified cover, waaay [...]
Twitter on Tuesday released a collection of Twitter stories that are meant to show the “humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller.” Located at stories.twitter.com there are currently nearly 20 short vignettes that range from 100 to 150 words on average and showcase what users can do with just a few snippets of 140-character postings. Among [...]
Google on Monday began rolling out a new version of Google Reader which provides a brand-new design with deep Google+ integration. Taking ques from their recently designed Gmail and Google Calendar makeovers the Google Reader app features a sparse design that highlighted Google+ sharing functionality while still retaining an interface Google Reader fans will find [...]
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After nine years with Google Karen Wickre, the blog manager who helped start and manage Google blogs has flown the coup for a position at social network Twitter. Google’s senior media liason for the Google blog platform was not only responsible for Google’s blogging efforts but also helped foreshadow her new position after personally overseeing [...]
During the recent Web 2.0 Summit LinkedIn Chariman Reid Hoffman suggested that Facebook can’t compete with his company’s business model but now it’s being reported that the world’s largest social network has partnered with the U.S. Labor Department for that very reason. At this time it’s still unclear exactly how Facebook will integrate new employee/employer [...]
Company’s who develop a strong Twitter following online have a better chance at increasing sales according to a recent study conducted by Constant Contact and research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey. Studying the buying habits of 1,491 consumers ages 18 and older in the United States the study found that people who followed specific brands were [...]