In the 10 years I’ve spent fighting for Internet freedom as a leader of Free Press, I’ve stood outside the Federal Communications Commission with a megaphone more times than I can count.
The trial of microblogger Qin Huohuo for using the Internet to spread alleged rumors opened on April 11 in Beijing. The state prosecutor indicted him for “defamation” and “harming society.”
Privacy groups have sent an open letter to Microsoft, the owner of Skype, over how much data its popular chat and voice-over-IP programs give to third parties, including governments and Chinese provider TOM Online.
A United States delegation is preparing to do battle at a global telecommunications meeting next month, with a focus to protect an international treaty that has ensured Internet freedom for over two decades.
It is a dangerous time for journalists, not so much from crossfire in warzones, but because journalists are hunted down and slaughtered for reporting the truth.
More than 10,000 were arrested in the Chinese Communist Party’s latest efforts to reduce alleged Internet crimes, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Public Security on July 25.