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Published:Sudan shuts third newspaper in media crackdown
36 days ago
by Kizzie
Sudanese security officials on Sunday evening confiscated Monday copies of Rai Al Shab,the third newspaper to be suspended in recent months by the government. Rai Al Shab (The People's Opinion) is published by the Popular Congress Party (PCP), one of Sudan's largest opposition parties. Known for its ...
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Kill the Bill
36 days ago
by lgstarr
Happy New Year, but we still need to kill SOPA
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Rethinking the N-Word
36 days ago
by Invisible Mikey
If you don’t think there’s a right time and place and purpose for every word, you and I have a serious disagreement. Curse words, sexual colloquialisms and racial epithets all have interesting, researchable histories. If they had no power or … Continue reading →
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Tech at Night: The Return. Also, we still need to kill SOPA.
36 days ago
by Neil Stevens
I’m back. I ended up taking an extended Christmas break because well, I liked having a break, plus there wasn’t a whole lot going on anyway. But, back to work! Lamar Smith and Chris Dodd still want to censor the Internet, by pushing the SOPA bill that we need to defeat. Why is it bad? Victims get no ...
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East Carolina Student Media Director Fired 2 Months After ‘Streaker’ ...
36 days ago
by Dan
East Carolina University officials have fired Paul Isom, ECU’s student media director, without warning or much explanation. The sudden termination has prompted speculation among the college media community that it was related to the The East Carolinian‘s infamous ‘streaker’ photo published in Novemb ...
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Update On Weibo Real Name Registration And Associated Fees
36 days ago
by bbishop
Time Weekly looks at id5 (北京国政通科技有限公司), a company that verifies real names in China and may the prime beneficiary of the real name requirement for microblogs such as Sina ( $SINA) and Tencent’s Weibos– 微博实名制背后有利益驱动? – 科技 – 时代周报. The article reports a rumor that the verification fee will be 2 RMB/acc ...
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