The company said that the feature was designed to protect the anonymity of individuals in potentially dangerous situations, such as anti-government protests. YouTube has added the ability for users to blur the faces of people appearing in videos...
The public backlash against this dangerous legislation was swift and powerful; tens of millions were affected, millions were inspired to reactthrough protests. Though this type of backlash is a politician’s worst nightmare in an election year...
Google and DuckDuckGo each used their homepage to point users to protests and further information as their anti-SOPA blackout day contribution. The amended bill addressed some of the more glaring and troublesome issues, but it’s just not enough...
In other words, it's not the hammer and sickle – it's the banhammer and sickle being used so frequently to block information on riots, protests, and anything critical of the Chinese government. Most recently, China blocked any Chinese search for...
Business in most cities in Egypt had a hard time during the protests and the government did not help. Overthrown Egypt President Hosini Mubarak was fined over $33 million US dollars by his country's court for cutting off access to the internet and...
Google Map Tracks Protests in Libya by Thom Craver An activist and active Twitterer from Iran has created a Google map of the violence and protests and shared it publicly to chronicle the protest reports on the ground as they happen.
Ghonim has become a big part of the protests in Cairo, with the anti-government group occupying Tahrir Square refusing to leave until he is released, the Wall Street Journal reported. Ghonim wrote on his personal Facebook profile for friends after...
I realize this statement borders on reductio ad absurdum, but the protest over the YouTube homepage layout shows less civility than the Egyptian protests over three decades of systematic and brutal repression in Egypt.
