EFF "Global Internet Censorship" Archive

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canada.072296.txt

Canada's BC Attorney General instructs his ministry to figure out how to censor the Net after flap involving "white power" and "hate" web sites.

germany.071996.txt

Germany's minister for family affairs calls for international censorship-standards preventing neo-Nazi materials and porn from appearing online.

singapore.071996.txt

Singapore government censors Usenet newsgroup posting critical of high-powered Singapore law firm, citing new guidelines that allow the Singapore Broadcasting Authority to remove objectionable content.

korea.071896.txt

South Korea threatens citizens, tries desperately to keep them from viewing North Korean propaganda online.

phillipines.071796.txt

Phillipine government asks ISPs to report on how they can "block entry of pornographic materials through the Internet."

egypt.jordan.070996.txt

Egypt and Jordan wary of Net, say invasion of ideas could undermine Islamic culture and threaten political stability.

eu.report.070996.txt

European Union report says to put people, not businesses, at heart of Net-strategy.

australia.070596.txt

Up to its old Internet scare-mongering, the Simon Wiesenthal Center calls for Australian net-censorship.

munich.prosecutors.071096.txt

German prosecutors in Munich investigate FidoNet user for anti-Jewish propaganda from "The Life of Brian."

british.netfight.070396.txt

British heritage secretary attempts bid for control over Net.

panama.passport.070496.txt

Panama asks Interpol to crack down on sales of Panamanian passports online.

goodnight.germany.062796.txt

Goodnight, Germany. New telecommunications law just passed gives backdoor for state officials to snoop on users.

german.netlegislation.062596.txt

German justice minister announces new Net-regulations will be introduced this year, including Internet Content Task Force with power to censor Usenet newsgroups and individual postings.

eurocrackdown.062296.txt

Britain and France act against Net-scams, introduce government licensing of "introduction agencies."

australian.isps.062196.txt

Australian Performing Rights Association demands cash from Australian ISPs for delivering music over the Net.

europeans.062196.txt

European Commission cites danger of an English-speaking Net.

cuba.062196.txt

Cuba approves limited access to the Net but says info entering Cuban cyberspace must follow "ethical principles."

korea.061996.txt

South Korea threatens citizens, tries desperately to keep them from viewing North Korean propaganda online.

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Related On-Site Resources

Declan McCullagh's publications

McCullagh's Fight-Censorship Dispatches

Links to Related Off-Site Resources

Declan McCullagh's other international net-censorship reports, prior to June 1996. (This web page has the ones since then.)

Le Grand Secret, banned in France, available here.

Zambian net-censorship reports

German neo-Nazi web-censorship archive maintained by Michael Loomis.

(This web page maintained by Declan McCullagh)