Results 211 to 220 of about 2,022 (255)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
Internet Filtering and Censorship
Fifth International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (itng 2008), 2008Internet filtering is on the rise in the world today. It is being conducted in most western industrialized countries as well as developing countries and undemocratic regimes. Internet filtering software are used as tools to prevent Internet users from accessing or viewing materials that are considered unsafe or inappropriate.
openaire +1 more source
2014
Covering topics ranging from web filters to laws aimed at preventing the flow of information, this book explores freedom—and censorship—of the Internet and considers the advantages and disadvantages of policies at each end of the spectrum. Combining reference entries with perspective essays, this timely book undertakes an impartial exploration of ...
openaire +1 more source
Covering topics ranging from web filters to laws aimed at preventing the flow of information, this book explores freedom—and censorship—of the Internet and considers the advantages and disadvantages of policies at each end of the spectrum. Combining reference entries with perspective essays, this timely book undertakes an impartial exploration of ...
openaire +1 more source
2012
Of all of the innumerable myths that swarm around cyberspace, one of the most insidious is that the internet is an inherently emancipatory tool, a device that necessarily and inevitably promotes democracy by giving voice to those who lack political power, and in so doing undermines authoritarian and repressive governments.
openaire +1 more source
Of all of the innumerable myths that swarm around cyberspace, one of the most insidious is that the internet is an inherently emancipatory tool, a device that necessarily and inevitably promotes democracy by giving voice to those who lack political power, and in so doing undermines authoritarian and repressive governments.
openaire +1 more source
Bypassing Censorship: A Proven Tool against the Recent Internet Censorship in Turkey
2014 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, 2014Users of mobile devices are experiencing great difficulties to circumvent Internet censorship technologies that violate human rights. Mobile users do not have full control of their own systems, and in many cases, they cannot even change the configuration imposed by their 3G/4G providers.
Di Florio A. +4 more
openaire +2 more sources
Geographies of global Internet censorship
GeoJournal, 2010More than one-quarter of the planet’s population uses the Internet today, although access to it is highly uneven throughout the world. While it is widely celebrated for its emancipatory potential, many governments view the Internet with alarm and have attempted to limit access or to control its contents.
openaire +1 more source
Pornography, Censorship and the Internet
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009Over a decade since the Internet became an acknowledged mainstream commercial medium, it still retains its less than savoury reputation as a happy hunting ground for pornography and other types of distasteful content. Some of the basic issues in this area which this chapter addresses, from a European and comparative perspective, are: • Has the Internet
openaire +1 more source
Gatekeepers of our lives [Internet censorship]
Engineering & Technology, 2017WHAT'S WRONG WITH women's nipples? Or rather, why do some social-media platforms allow men to post topless pictures of themselves, but ban women from doing the same thing? The answer to this question neatly encapsulates the key issue of online censorship today.
openaire +1 more source
Internet Censorship in the Digital Divide
Asian Journal of Social Science, 2017The tentative study explores why information and communication technology (ICT) does not show effective power in increasing Chinese worker activism publicity with the digital divide framework. I conducted in-depth interviews with worker activism participants that are motivated to adopt ICT for mobilising and gaining public awareness and support for ...
openaire +1 more source