Tag: human rights
Censorship in China may force Google.cn to close
A post on the Google blog titled "A New Approach to China" has revealed Google's plans to stop censoring search results gathered at their .cn domain. The decision follows a number of attacks on the Gmail accounts of Google users…
64 "bloggers" arrested since 2003 – China, Iran and Egypt the worst culprits
And we think we have it tough. The worst thing that’s ever happened here at Tech Digest HQ is the occasional aggressive email from PR people pointing out the press release said eight megabits not megabytes, plus the odd Viagra spam comment to delete once in a while. We’ve never been banged up for saying iPhone’s better than the N95.
But if you’re blogging in China or Iran, about human rights issues or government corruption, it’s a tougher gig. According to the University of Washington’s latest report on the matter, half of the 64 bloggers…
Is your child at school? Check their RFID chip to find out
Trials of RFID tagging of schoolchildren has just begun at Hungerhill School in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Ten kids have had these microchips sewn into their uniforms, which now allows the school computer to track them, ensure they are in the…
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone team up for human rights initiative
Following criticism over censorship and other human rights restrictions in China and other countries, four of the biggest tech companies have sat down with human rights groups and internet freedom activists to hammer out a set of principles on how…
