Singapore Tigtens Rules For Local Online News Websites
Singapore has introduced a new licensing framework for online news sites in the country, which will be required to obtain individual licences from the Media...
Web Companies Protest Against Internet Surveillance
Many internet companies and organizations joined forces on Thursday to support live protests against the U.S. government's surveillance of internet activity. This Fourth of July,...
ISC Patches Denial-of-service Vulnerability Found In BIND 9
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released a new versions of the BIND DNS (Domain Name System) software that contain a fix for a defect...
Internet in Syria Was Shut Down (updated)
Internet traffic to and from Syria appears to have dried up. At around 18:45 GMT Tuesday, "OpenDNS resolvers saw a significant drop in traffic from...
564 Million Chinese Have Internet Access
China's population of Internet users grew by 50.9 million people in 2012 to 564 million, according to official data released on Tuesday by the ...
Chinese May Need To Register Their Real Names To Access The Internet
China may require internet users to register with their real names when signing up to network providers, the People's Daily said state media said on...
UN Internet Treaty Blocked
The proposed global telecoms treaty that would give national governments control of the internet has been blocked by the US and western and African nations...
EU To Defend Open Internet at Dubai Conference
European Union member states will declare their opposition to prevent a move by Russia and countries in Africa to impose a levy on internet traffic...
Australia Drops Plan To Filter Internet
Australia has scrapped a controversial plan to filter the Internet. Instead, the government will instead block websites identified by Interpol as among the...
Internet Heavyweights Form New Tech Lobby Group
Amazon.com, AOL, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, IAC, LinkedIn, Monster Worldwide, Rackspace, salesforce.com, TripAdvisor, Yahoo, and Zynga - have joined forces to create The Internet Association,...
