The Jordanian government announced on June 3rd that unauthorized sites shall be blocked, which is now done: 254 local news sites have seen their access being denied, as they had not obtained a license, according to a controversial law in 2012. “16 local online news sites have been blocked in the last two days after
Read More...In 2013, Singapore was ranked 149th of 179 countries in the world ranking of press freedom by Reporters Without Borders. Part of bloggers unleashed since the beginning of June due to an Internet law which is now requiring information websites to get a license. Nearly 1,500 people marched on June 7th in Singapore streets against this
Read More...Internet freedom of expression has been denied again in Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan. Beyond the countries designated as “enemies of the Internet” by Reporters Without Borders list of states that do not respect the freedom of expression on the Internet is increasing. Since June 5th, Saudi Arabia has indeed blocked the access to Viber, a
Read More...On June 4th 1989, Beijing’s infamous student demonstration that took place in Tian’anmen Square was violently stopped by the Chinese authorities. 24 years later, its commemoration is still highly censored in China but bypassed by the Chinese people in a humorous way. The famous photo “a man in Tian’amnen” Jeff Widener, representing one man facing
Read More...The benefits of a VPN are numerous. Here are the 3 main ones that VPN providers offer: – Security The main function of a VPN is to secure your Internet connection. It creates a secure tunnel which is encrypted between your computer and Le VPN. Then any surfing occurs behind Le VPN tunnel. So, what
Read More...Did you know that the Great Firewall of China exists? As the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Shanghai is taking place from April 12th to 14th, Reporters Without Borders urges the Chinese authorities to accept freedom of expression and stop censorship. China is actually ranked 173rd out of 179 countries in the world ranking of
Read More...In November 2012, Russia passed a law allowing the government to establish a blacklist of given websites which could pose a danger to children mostly. The Russian government can thus decide to block access to certain websites to all of its citizens, from the moment it is considered that the site offers content that poses
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You may be traveling often and be willing to regularly connect to the Internet freely to book your next hotel, communicate with your loved ones or post pictures on Facebook? If you travel in China, Vietnam, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and other countries, you will encounter cyber censorship. There are different types of censorship, but in
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The champions of Internet censorship has been announced by RSF. March 12th is the International Day against cyber-censorship. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) organization takes the most of this key date, each year, to update its “Report against the Internet Enemies”. The 2013 edition of this report presents the top 5 countries but also top 5
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Huynh Ngoc Chen has received the 2013 Netizen award from the freedom of expression defense Association Reporters without Borders (RSF) and Google. This Vietnamese blogger does not hesitate to criticize the Vietnamese government on his blog, which receives 15,000 visits every 15 days, despite Hanoi authorities, severe censorship of the, has over. He was elected
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