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  • Net censorship? AOL bans independent news source

    About 500 subscribers to US-based human rights watch Web site have had their paid subscription unceremoniously cancelled, after AOL placed a ban on all emails originating from the independent media source.

  • Israel censors Web sites war coverage

    Israel's top government censor has warned Web sites in her country not to publish sensitive information about the war with Iraq.

  • Filters face free-speech test

    The ramifications of a new US law forcing public libraries to filter Internet content against their will or risk losing federal funds may impact Australia. But free-speech advocates are fighting back.

  • Online free speech is not so free

    The recent hullabaloo over the Nazi-auctions French lawsuit against Yahoo! has brought to light the problematic issue of free speech on the Internet.

  • Internet censorship should be trade barrier: Google

    Internet censorship should be treated as a barrier to trade, according to the chief executive of search and advertising giant Google.

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