Internet Censorship Links - Links and summaries of sites both "pro and con" internet censorship. From Vicnet, a unit of the State Library of Victoria in Australia.
A tool that allows to compare the differences in the web search and image search results of Google and Yahoo in four national versions: the United States, China, France, and Germany. Developed at the Indiana University School of Informatics.
Research documenting some of the specific sites blocked in a variety of locations worldwide. Current research investigates sited blocked in China and Saudi Arabia, and blocked by a variety of commercial Internet filtering programs. Future research will consider blocking in other countries. [Last updated October 2003]
Overview of freedom of expression with particular emphasis on the right to publish online without being censored by government agencies and/or Internet service providers.
Argues against net censorship. Explains common affirmative arguments, explores negative retorts, analyzes censorship bills and court rulings, and suggests alternatives to wide-ranging censorship issues.
Documentation of internet art project censored by DuPont, for spoofing corporate takeovers by pretending that plagiarist.org had taken over DuPont and 26 other giant corporations. DuPont's censorship tactics appeared to have been centered in slandering the artist with false implications of violent behavior on the artist's part, rather than in legal justification.
"Reporters Without Borders has repeatedly condemned the ethical lapses displayed by certain Internet sector companies when operating in repressive countries." Weblog entry discusses these lapses and how they "violate the right to freedom of expression as defined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." (January, 2006)
In the rush to post lurid details of the Starr report online, the government flouted its own censorship standards, a civil liberties expert maintains. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News] (September 15, 1998)
