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  • 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.

  • Censorship protestors target Google's Sydney HQ

    It may be Valentines' Day but a couple of protesters from the Australia-Tibet Council failed to feel the love for Google over its decision to censor sensitive content from its Chinese search engine.

  • New laws cover red-light content in red tape

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be introducing changes to the regulation of restricted content available online and via mobile premium services next week, even after an overwhelming negative response from the media and industry.

  • Google fixes China search bugs

    A day after Google's buggy censorship of sites for Chinese-users was revealed, the search giant responded by fixing its filters so topics such as beer and jokes are no longer deleted.

  • What Google censors in China

    Google's new China search engine not only censors many Web sites that question the Chinese government, but it goes further than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, homosexuality, dating, beer and jokes.

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    Searching for answers

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Collaborators at Google -- and beyond

    Charles Cooper says the tech industry should move beyond its take-it or leave-it approach to trade and human rights.

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