Internet Freedom

MIT Complicit In Web Activist's Suicide, Family Claims

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK Tech

The family of an internet activist who killed himself on Friday have accused prosecutors and officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of...

Time for Accountability for the Iranian Regime's Leaders

Hossein Abedini | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK Politics
Hossein Abedini

The Iranian people will not stay silent and will continue their protests even in the face of growing executions. The question is whether the international community will find the political resolve to follow their lead.

A Dark Day For Online Freedom?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK Tech

A law that allows authorities to take websites offline and force them to close has come into effect in Russia. The legislation was passed by the Ru...

Why I'm Trying to Start a National Conversation - About Politics

David S. Taylor | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK Politics
David S. Taylor

We don't believe Westminster politics is broken beyond repair. We are pro-politics and pro-people. We believe we can help mend the gap between parliament and the country. And we believe the National Conversation is the way to do it.

Internet Governance: Preserve Freedom, Ensure Development!

Paulo Casaca | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Politics
Paulo Casaca

The internet has been a tremendously effective tool for freedom and development, but that could now unravel should proposals tabled for WCIT come to fruition.

Internet Giant Google Faces Identity Crisis

Marc Pinter-Krainer | Posted 04.11.2012 | UK Tech
Marc Pinter-Krainer

In September last year, Google acquired restaurants review company Zagat in a deal worth $114 million. It followed this with its $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, the leading travel software and database provider in July 2010.

Internet Defense League Launches 'Cat Signal' For The Web

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK Tech

A coalition of websites aimed at defending the freedom of the internet has launched its own version of the Bat Signal. The Internet Defense League ...

Internet Defense League Launches 'Cat Signal' For The Web

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK Tech

A coalition of websites aimed at defending the freedom of the internet has launched its own version of the Bat Signal. The Internet Defense League ...

For the Sake of Future Online Entrepreneurs

Marc Pinter-Krainer | Posted 04.06.2012 | UK Tech
Marc Pinter-Krainer

The online marketplace is exciting and full of opportunity. Indeed some of the fastest-growing companies are online. I myself am a beneficiary of t...

China To Crackdown On Internet Rumours

The Guardian | Posted 30.10.2011 | UK

China's official news agency has called for a crackdown on the spread of "toxic rumours" on the internet, in the latest sign of the government's desir...

Paul Vale

Wikipedia Boss Targets Online Censorship

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Vale | Posted 29.10.2011 | UK

Jimmy Wales, the creator of Wikipedia, the world's largest encyclopaedia and perhaps the most potent symbol of an open and free Internet, has turned h...