Web Muckrakers Fight Corruption in China
A new breed of journalist is evolving out of China’s censored media: the web-based hired gun. The Washington Post reports on freelance muckrakers who investigate corruption the mainstream press can't...
View ArticleBrit Spells Trouble on 'If U Seek Amy'
Bleeping out cuss words is all but mundane for radio stations, but Britney Spears' third Circus single, If U Seek Amy, (say it fast, boys and girls) has them a bit perplexed on how to censor. Nice try,...
View ArticleAnti-Porn Curbs Mask Chinese Crackdown on Dissent
The Chinese government ramped up restrictions on Internet use yesterday, sharply curtailing access to medical research on sexual health. It's the latest escalation in what Beijing calls an...
View ArticleHow Egypt Turned Off the Internet
Conventional wisdom holds that the Internet is too resilient and decentralized for a government to simply shut it down, but Egypt managed to do just that, and engineers are just starting to realize...
View ArticleWeb Muckrakers Fight Corruption in China
A new breed of journalist is evolving out of China’s censored media: the web-based hired gun. The Washington Post reports on freelance muckrakers who investigate corruption the mainstream press can't...
View ArticleBrit Spells Trouble on 'If U Seek Amy'
Bleeping out cuss words is all but mundane for radio stations, but Britney Spears' third Circus single, If U Seek Amy, (say it fast, boys and girls) has them a bit perplexed on how to censor. Nice try,...
View ArticleAnti-Porn Curbs Mask Chinese Crackdown on Dissent
The Chinese government ramped up restrictions on Internet use yesterday, sharply curtailing access to medical research on sexual health. It's the latest escalation in what Beijing calls an...
View ArticleHow Egypt Turned Off the Internet
Conventional wisdom holds that the Internet is too resilient and decentralized for a government to simply shut it down, but Egypt managed to do just that, and engineers are just starting to realize...
View ArticleRoss' Wife Is Gay? China's Censors Won't Hear of It
China's censors are back in the news , this time over an episode of Friends . When Ross explains to his parents that his wife has left him, the part in which he explains why—she's lesbian and has found...
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