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Journalists, advocates and tech leaders band together to protect Internet freedom
A vast coalition of journalists, advocates and tech leaders announced this week the formulation of a new political platform in defense of the Internet, explaining in a declaration published Monday that this new international movement will fight to keep the Web “free and open.” The platform is designed to leverage…
Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei says internet censorship will fail
LONDON — Dissident artist Ai Weiwei warned the Chinese government that its attempts to censor the internet would inevitably fail, in an article published in Monday’s Guardian newspaper. Ai, who was held for 81 days last year as police rounded up dissidents amid online calls for Arab-style protests in China,…
‘Anonymous’ says it will hack more Chinese sites
The hacking group Anonymous said Friday it would continue targeting China, after announcing it had hacked hundreds of Chinese websites to protest against Internet censorship in the country. Most of the sites Anonymous China claimed to have hacked were working normally early Friday, although some still carried error messages, among…
‘Anonymous’ takes aim at Chamber of Commerce, again
The online protest group “Anonymous” claimed in a video published Thursday that it was targeting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its dogged support of the “Protect IP Act,” which they called an effort at “censorship.” “This bill would allow the United States Government to force ISP’s and search engines…
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