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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Internet freedom

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the CenturyLink Center, November 14, 2019, in Bossier City, Louisiana. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
November 21, 2019, 10:24 pm
Trump says Iran internet shutdown trying to hide ‘death and tragedy’
After right group says up to 200 demonstrators believed killed in nationwide protests, US leader lambastes ‘tremendous violence,’ while Germany condemns ‘disproportionate action’
By Agencies
Lindsay Chestnut of Baltimore holds a sign that reads "I like My Internet Like I Like my Country Free & Open" as she protests near the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, December 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
December 14, 2017, 11:22 pm
FCC votes to end ‘net neutrality,’ giving internet service providers more power
Democratic FCC commissioner warns move will hurt businesses and ordinary people, hand over keys to internet to a ‘handful of multibillion-dollar corporations’
By TALI ARBEL and Barbara Ortutay
Screen capture of Russian-language internet pioneer Anton Nosik, during a presentation in October 2011. (YouTube/TEDx Talks)
July 9, 2017, 8:42 pm
Russian internet pioneer Anton Nosik dies at 51
Outspoken blogger was once fined for saying Moscow’s ally Syria should be wiped out because it threatens Israel
By AFP
This file picture dated on March 26, 2014, shows a picture representing a mugshot of the Twitter bird seen on a smartphone with a Turkish flag in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
December 11, 2015, 8:17 pm
Turkey fines Twitter for content allegedly ‘praising terror’
Ankara says $50,000 fee levied on social media platform for failing to remove posts ‘inciting hatred, violence’
By AFP
Journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip at the height of Operation Protective Edge, July 13, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 12, 2015, 10:28 am
Israel ranks lowly 96th in press freedom rankings
Jewish state’s media ‘able to be outspoken,’ but crackdowns on Palestinians a factor in placement below Kuwait, Mozambique
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a Google search (screenshot: YouTube)
June 3, 2014, 1:47 am
MKs file Israeli ‘right to be forgotten’ bill
Law would enable courts to order removal of search results that cause undue harm to individuals
By Itamar Sharon
Turkey's president Abdullah Gul (photo credit: AP)
February 19, 2014, 9:01 am
Turkey signs new internet restriction law into force
President Gul says further legislation will alleviate concerns over personal freedoms, critics remain unconvinced
By AFP
The Federal Correctional Institution in Hoepwell, Virginia, where Seyed Amin Ghorashi Sarvestani, a wealthy Iranian entrepreneur, is imprisoned, on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Steve Helber)
February 13, 2014, 3:10 pm
Iran satellite case in NY takes complex turn
Shifting US stance on selling communications equipment to Iranian companies complicates 2012 conviction of Iranian businessman
By Eric Tucker
Iranians surf the web in an internet cafe in central Tehran, Iran, in Jan. 2011 (phto credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)
May 28, 2013, 8:31 am
Cyber-underground battling web-watching corps ahead of Iran vote
Internet squeeze showcases Revolutionary Guards’ expanding online prowess
By Nasser Karimi and Brian Murphy
Graphic of the countries that voted for (green background) and against (white background) the WCIT Treaty (photo credit: Courtesy ITU)
December 18, 2012, 10:09 am
Standing up for Internet freedom, in Israel and the world
Israel, the US and 54 other countries voted against changes in an international telecommunications treaty that could lead to increased web censorship, Israeli experts say
By David Shamah
Smoke leaps the air from a building after an airstrike attack in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)
November 29, 2012, 7:35 pm
Syria cuts Internet nationwide
Blackout is unprecedented in the 20-month-old uprising against Assad
By Barbara Surk
An internet cafe in the Shoafat refugee camp in northeast Jerusalem (photo credit: Michal Fattal /FLASH90)
September 3, 2012, 7:45 pm
Hamas blocks online porn in latest Gaza crackdown
Islamist government to fine internet providers which don’t comply
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative photo of internet browsing. (photo credit: Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
May 24, 2012, 2:51 pm
Knesset to consider censoring out Internet’s naughtier bits
New regulations will block access to adult websites nationwide, unless surfers personally ask to disable filters
By Stuart Winer
Tens of thousands of Hareidim gather at a rally in the the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
May 19, 2012, 8:06 am
Vital, pointless, sexist, hilarious? New York’s ultra-Orthodox battle-the-Internet gathering goes viral
With tens of thousands set Sunday to ‘protest’ the Internet at Citi Field, the question of how, and whether, to confront its evils sparks a major debate inside and outside the community
By David Shamah
Youths surf the web at an Internet cafe (Photo credit: Michal Fattal /FLASH90)
From the WebApril 23, 2012, 9:32 am
Iran moves closer to ‘halal Internet’
Arstechnica: Iran has published a ‘request for information’ for companies to present plans for a highly filtered Internet, one that would presumably keep out ‘corrupting Western influences’ and permit users to view only approved content
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