#IMWeekly: November 21, 2014
Syrian hacktivists leak 600GB of internet filtering data, the US Senate fails to pass the long-awaited Patriot Act, and more this week on #IMWeekly.
Syrian hacktivists leak 600GB of internet filtering data, the US Senate fails to pass the long-awaited Patriot Act, and more this week on #IMWeekly.
Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution makes use of novel social media communication, powerful US tech execs discuss the future of the Internet in a post-Snowden world, Estonia to offer e-residency, and more in this week's IMWeekly.
Google has lifted restrictions preventing Internet users in Cuba from downloading the Chrome browser; fewer than half of Russians have heard about the country's new blogger law; and more, in this week's IM Weekly.
Google Play has removed a number of games concerning the conflict in Gaza. Many of these games, critics claim, are in extremely bad taste, making light of a war that's claimed a distressing number of lives. Google has opaquely refused to disclose the particular reasons why these games were removed. Should corporate powers like Google be the arbiters of what's morally acceptable in the public domain?
Baidu, China's largest search engine, has just expanded in Brazil. Some netizens have noticed, however, that Baidu's censorship tactics in mainland China have crossed the ocean to its Brazilian counterpart.
Moroccan rapper El Haqed, who has inspired Moroccan youth with his impassioned and urgent YouTube pleas for social justice reform, is once again under fire by Moroccan authorities. This is the third time he has been arrested since 2011 on charges his supporters claim are bogus. Many suspect that it is his provocative music, critical of the country's stagnant political climate after the supposed reforms of 2011's Moroccan Spring, that makes him an easy target.
In this week's #IMWeekly: new leaks reveal NSA collection of phone data even broader than previously thought, Iran arrests cyberactivists despite reform promises, Huawei to take its business elsewhere than US, and more!
In this week's #IMWeekly: South Africa enacts new law on Protection of Personal Information, Dutch authorities take issues with Google's privacy policy, and more!
In this week's #IMWeekly: a new US surveillance reform bill, hacktivism in Singapore, and more.
In this week's #IMWeekly: Google's Uproxy, German allegations of US spying, a new direction for Iranian censorship, and more.