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<title>Egyptian court blocks YouTube for 30 days over video</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/10/incendiary.video.continues.to.trouble.google/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/youtubethumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A court in Egypt has ordered for video sharing site YouTube to be blocked for hosting a video deemed blasphemous by a number of parties. Access to YouTube will be restricted over a 30-day period as it continues to offer the film "Innocence of Muslims" for viewing, something which has already provoked strong reactions in the last few months....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South Korea to censor swear words on teenagers' smartphones</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/30/filter.to.also.block.pornography.harmful.information/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/lgoptimuslte-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Teenagers in South Korea may be required to have censorship software installed onto their mobile phones, if government plans come to fruition. The proposals would see profanity and pornography blocked from view on smartphones, and is hoped to curb "illegal and harmful information" being sent to teenagers in the country....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan lifts, reinstates YouTube 'blasphemous' block</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/30/temporary.unbanning.of.youtube.quickly.reversed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/youtubethumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Pakistan lifted its ban on video-sharing site YouTube, only to block it shortly afterwards. The block, originally started due to content deemed blasphemous appearing on the service, has seen the website inaccessible within the country, though both the length of time and the reasons for the block being reinstated varies between reports....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Syrian government disconnects Internet access nationally</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/29/internet.telecommunications.disrupted.as.fighting.escalates/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/syriaapp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Syria is cut off from the Internet, according to an access monitoring firm, in what is being seen as a bid for censorship by the local government. All 84 of Syria's IP address blocks are currently unreachable, "effectively removing the country from the Internet," and appears to be linked to the current battle between the country's armed forces and Syrian rebels....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran blocks access to Google, Gmail over YouTube video</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/24/confirms.first.step.in.private.national.network.complete/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1340245557_deniedpurchase-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Iran has blocked its citizens from accessing Google and Gmail. The country is blocking access to the web giant's websites as part of the ongoing protests over a YouTube video deemed blasphemous by religious leaders, however some see it as the first stage in the country creating its own national network, separate from the Internet....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan blocks YouTube over 'blasphemous' video</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/17/prime.minister.demands.block.following.protests/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/youtubethumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[YouTube has been banned in Pakistan after Google refused to remove a video deemed "blasphemous" from the site. Prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered the Ministry of Information and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to block the site, preventing the country's inhabitants from viewing a controversial video mocking the prophet Muhammad....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran blocks HTTPS sites to prevent protests</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/10/stoppage.likely.to.continue.for.weeks/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/iranian-flag-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Iran is apparently proactively censoring selected Internet sites. Reports out of that country claim that the government there is blocking access to Google, Yahoo, and Gmail, It is also preventing access to sites using the secure Https protocol, effectively preventing any online banking services....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bill aims to restrict exports of censorship software</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/01/legislators.to.limit.spyware.distribution/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1109/bbm-sm-1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Legislators are currently drafting a bill that aims to impose export restrictions on software that can be used by foreign governments to monitor citizens or censor Internet content. Republican Representative Chris Smith, the bill's sponsor, suggests such legislation is necessary to help prevent certain governments from using American-produced software to quash political dissent....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australian ISPs Optus, Telstra to opt to censor 500 websites</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/25/optus.and.telstra.opt.for.voluntary.censorship/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/censor_oz_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a commentary  critical of new voluntary censorship measures adopted by two of Australiaís largest ISPs, Optus and Telstra. Optus and Telstra have taken the decision to  block a list of websites that depict child abuse provided by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).  While most people would support the blocking of child po...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Baidu and China sued for Internet censorship</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/19/great.firewall.of.china.leads.to.lawsuit/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1103/baidu_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Chinese Internet search giant Baidu has been sued in the US by a group of free speech advocates for censoring Chinese freedom of speech websites. The group of eight New York residents has also included the Chinese government in its complaint. The group claims that as the Baidu site can be utilized in the US, that it violates the US Constitution by reportedly colluding with the Chinese government t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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