Spanish-Speaking Twittersphere Fumes Over Announcement
Region: SpainWritten by Juan Arellano and Translated by L. Finch Twitter's announcement [1], published on January 26, 2012, which revealed that due to its international growth it will res... more
Views: 1005United Kingdom: #TwitterKurds Organize First Social Media Gathering in London
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Written by Nigar Hacizade A group of Kurdish Internet activists that have been organizing around the #TwitterKurds hashtag on Twitter have come together for the first Kurdish Social Media Gathering earlier this month in... more
Views: 1053Facebook: The Wrong Friendly Advice
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
You may have read a message on some of your friends’ status in the last few days saying something like: “As you all know I like to keep my FB private except to those I am friends with. So if you all would do ... more
Views: 1522Nicaragua: Telecom Company CLARO Censors Clients
Region: Nicaragua
Written by Norman Garcia This past November 29, some less-than-satisfied customers decided to start a blog complaining about the telecommunications company CLARO Nicaragua [1] [es], a subsidiary of&... more
Views: 1123SOPA Shelved, PIPA on Its Last Leg, and the Internet Saved?
Region: United Statesby Matthew L. Schafer Opponents of the industry supported piracy bills SOPA and PIPA celebrated as word came from Washington that legislators have shelved SOPA. Over the weekend the Obama administrat... more
Views: 1535‘Worst Internet Provider in Brazil’ Award 2011
Region: Brazil
… and the ‘Worst internet provider in Brazil’ Award 2011 goes to… NET! The decision to award NET with this special prize wasn’t taken lightly. MyNewLifeInBrazil.com wanted to reward N... more
Views: 1037It’s American Censorship Day: Why Congress Wants to Blackout the Net
Region: United Statesby Matthew L. Schafer (Note: This report originally appeared at the media website LWR.) On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA")... more
Views: 3639No Internet Service in Nepal
Region: Nepal
Kathmandu April 10, 2011: Internet Service Provider’s Association of Nepal (ISPAN) shut down internet service in Nepal from 1PM to 2PM as a part of their protest program. Issuing a press release the ISPAN condemns th... more
Views: 4335RCOM to usher in Internet revolution enabling Wire Free India
Region: India
Chandigarh/Jammu, March 25 (Scoop News) – Reliance Communications, India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider, has unveiled its path breaking initiative to break... more
Views: 1442The internet is surely a marvelous scientific through dissolving all geographical barriers
Region: IndiaThe internet has opened up vistas of communication, at the click of a mouse the entire wired world is in our hands or rather on our personal computer screens. The internet is surely a marvelous scientific through dis... more
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