By Victor on Aug 22, 2008 in Media coverage, Tibet, China's Internet cops, Blocked, China, Censorship | 0 Comments
Update:
Jill Tan, Asia Representative from Apple Inc. informs us that iTunes in China is now working.
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As athletes downloaded the album “Songs for Tibet” from the iTunes store, in support of the Tibet cause,(the music is also good BTW), China retaliated by blocking the iTunes store in China, anybody who wanted to access the store got a […]
By Victor on Aug 14, 2008 in Media coverage, Citizen journalists, Blogger, Twitter, China, Censorship | 0 Comments
Chinese citizen journalist, Zhou ‘Zuola’ Shuguang was today placed under a kind of ‘town arrest’ by Chinese authorities. Apparently he was able to tweet the incident, oh the joys of twitter, and his followers quickly got the word out.
The authorities seemed to be uncomfortable with his intention to travel to Beijing and blog about the olympic […]
By Curt on Feb 22, 2008 in Morocco, World Tech Podcast, Fouad Mourtada, Media coverage, Threatened bloggers, Facebook, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
Click here to listen to The World’s Tech Podcast featuring the Committee to Protect Bloggers.
Clark Boyd, technology reporter for Public Radio International’s radio program The World, interviewed us today for their Tech Podcast. We’ll be checking in regularly with Clark on the podcast to talk about threats to bloggers and threatened bloggers around the world.
This […]
By Curt on Sep 11, 2007 in Media coverage, China | 0 Comments
Traditional journalistic reports regarding censorship in China are often quite mild. The tone of this Washington Post report is practically sitcom. You half-expect the reporter to say to the accompaniment of a strained laugh-track, “Why you, I oughta…!” with one hand on his hip and the other wagging a finger good-naturedly at the Chinese governments […]
