China Closes Dissident Blog Nominated for Award
2005.10.31
The Chinese authorities have blocked access to a personal Web log, or blog, written by a prominent critic of the communist regime after it was nominated for a key award.
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Press Freedom Group Publishes Cyber-Dissident Handbook
2005.09.20
An international media watchdog publishes a guide to help citizen journalists and non-mainstream commentators around the world dodge censors and avoid retaliation for what they write, especially in countries where freedom of expression is severely limited.
China’s Web Crackdown—Is Porn the Real Target?
2004.10.13
China cracks down again on pornographic Web sites, but some experts question whether the real target is dissent.
Rights Group Slams Google, Yahoo! Self-Censorship In China
2004.08.01
Major U.S.-based Internet companies Yahoo! and Google compete in a fast-growing Chinese market that limits the right of Chinese Internet users to freedom of information.
Multi-lingual Web Addresses? Not Very Soon
2004.07.21
Talks in Malaysia on ways to enable the writing of Web addresses in non-Roman characters like Chinese and Arabic have so far failed to produce a solution. Internet experts say finding ways to allow multi-lingual Web addresses presents enormous technical challenges.
China Releases SARS Doctor Under Media Gag Order
2004.07.20
China releases a military doctor who called for a reappraisal of the bloody 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement following several weeks of detention.
North Korea Launches Pilot Web Portal but Problems Linger
2004.07.14
North Korea tests its first Web portal but major glitches remain. However visitors may read the news pages published by the tightly closed country's official media.
China Censors Mobile Phone Users
2004.07.02
Chinese authorities aim to use new technology to improve surveillance of mobile phone messages as they step up efforts to police private communications.
China Sentences Cyber-Dissident, Widens Web Crackdown
2004.06.11
China hands down a suspended jail term to a former civil servant who posted essays critical of the government on the Internet, while stepping up its crackdown on Web sites considered undesirable by Beijing.
Rights Group Sues E-Bay, Taipei Chef over Vietnamese Women
2004.04.08
A Taiwan-based women's rights group files a lawsuit against e-Bay and a Taipei chef who offered three Vietnamese women for sale under laws prohibiting human trafficking.
