The Chinese government will unblock social networks Facebook and Twitter as well as search engine Google during the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – according to the general secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Essar Gabriel.

During the last years, China authorities restricted access to all major popular social networks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email services like Gmail and Yahoo, search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and other.  According to a Harvard study, at least 18,000 websites are blocked from within China, including 12 out of the Top 100 most popular websites in the world. read more...

Internet has been under permanent and furious attacks all over the world. The fact is that Internet is under potential threat these days. The threat is not only from malicious attacks, viruses and worms but also from governments. Internet censorship is a result of this desire to control the Internet and online activities of the users. If you live in a free and democratic society, the idea that someone can control your browsing choices probably is quite disturbing. read more...