AP – Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Technology News

Reuters – The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Technology News

In many countries, the idea of freedom to do whatever you want on the Internet is limited.  Often by necessity, some countries choose to limit their citizens’ access to content that may be objectionable to some.  In other countries, it’s a fact of life that government entities charged with protecting the people also seek [...]