This morning, when I learned that web host Rackspace had shut down the site of the Dove World Outreach Center, I did something rather unbecoming of an anti-censorship advocate: I cheered a little. The thing is, I’ve been pretty sick over this issue. I’ve always abided by the adage, “I may not agree with what […]
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Recent reports on Twitter (and Herdict) indicate that ISPs in the UK and Germany might be blocking the English-language site of Hamas-affiliated Palestinian Information Center. Some users, when visiting the site, have reported timeouts: A report from blogger Prosebeforehos indicates that US ISPs Comcast and Verizon have blocked the DNS entry for the site, however, […]
Awhile back, in response to a particularly naive column defending Australia’s proposed Internet filter on the basis that it will protect kids from child pornography, I wrote a piece on the HuffPost explaining why filtering isn’t the solution. Yet, similar articles keep cropping up. Most recently, CJ Lambert, writing for New Zealand’s 3 News, argues […]