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Supreme Court of India Strikes Down Controversial Online Censorship Law

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Hosting

The Supreme Court of India struck down an online censorship law this week, declaring Section 66A of the Information Technology Act to be unconstitutional, NDTV reports. The law had been the subject of widespread criticism, particularly after it was used to arrest two young Indians for a Facebook post and Facebook like in 2012. Continue reading →

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Chinese Anti-Censorship Group GreatFire’s Mirror Sites Suffer Massive DDoS Attack

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Hosting

GreatFire.org, a non-profit group in China that monitors online censorship, was hit by a sustained DDoS attack on Thursday after an article published by the Wall Street Journal described how anti-censorship groups use US cloud computing services to mirror sites of websites blocked by the Great Firewall. Continue reading →

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Man-in-the-Middle Attack Targets Microsoft Outlook in China

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Hosting

Microsoft Outlook was subjected to a man-in-the-middle attack in China last week, according to a report by online censorship watchdog GreatFire on Monday. Continue reading →

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