Posts Tagged with ‘egypt’

The BBC has an interesting article today based on a report out of the University of Washington. The report notes that 64 people have been arrested since 2003 due to blogging activities, which doesn't sound like a very large number, does it? However, three times as many people were arrested last year than were in 2006, which may imply that blogger arrests are on the rise.
The report indicates that the majority of blogger arrests take place in Egypt, China, and [...]

Before I finally go to sleep at night, I try to clear out my feeds as much as I possibly can just so that I'm not so overwhelmed when I wake up in the morning. I usually catch Steven Hodson's From the Pipeline feature in that last pass at night, and sometimes save links to read first thing in the morning.
Last night, however, as I was reading his links, I was really hoping to not want to come back to [...]

The AFP is reporting that Malaysian Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin has told Malaysian newspapers not to use blogs for quotes or any other source of information in their reporting. According to Zainuddin, the papers should "not quote them because you are disgracing yourself as you are the authority. Do not give credit to such anarchist websites."
The media in Malaysia is under very strict government control, being required to adhere to the country's Printing Presses and Publication Act (PPPA) published in 1984. [...]