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		<title>The &#8220;iTunes Blocked in China&#8221; Takeaway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The iTunes Store, the portal page used to puchase media from Apple, was briefly blocked in China.  This meant that iTunes users in China were unable to view, search, sample and purchase media available through Apple&#8217;s iTunes Store. (I recently spoke with The World&#8217;s Cyrus Farivar about this story (mp3), below I expand on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/08/28/the-itunes-blocked-in-china-takeaway/</link>
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		<title>Internet Censorship: Malaysia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Malaysia has become the latest country to begin filtering the Internet. The news web site www.malaysia-today.net is being blocked by Malaysia largest Internet Service Provider, TMnet, after the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ordered the web site blocked. 
TMnet has configured their DNS serverssuch that they do not properly resolve the correct IP addresses for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/08/28/internet-censorship-malaysia/</link>
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		<title>iTunes Store Blocked in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: I can now access the iTunes store from China.
Recent reports indicate that China is blocking access to Apple&#8217;s iTunes Store:
Users reported receiving an error message when attempting to reach iTunes: &#8220;iTunes could not connect to the iTunes store. An unknown error occurred.(-4) Make sure your network connection is active and try again.&#8221;
While in some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/08/22/itunes-store-blocked-in-china/</link>
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		<title>Free Expression Principles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Major technology companies, including Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft, have agreed, in principle, to a voluntary set of principles designed to &#8220;guide businesses when they encounter laws and practices that may contravene international human rights standards or be at odds with law or culture in their home jurisdiction.&#8221; The objective is to protect and advance freedom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/08/06/free-expression-principles/</link>
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		<title>The Canadian DMCA: What You Can Do</title>
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		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/07/31/the-canadian-dmca-what-you-can-do/</link>
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		<title>Canada: Police Impersonating Journalists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Journalists for Free Expression report that Ontario police continue to impersonate journalists, in this case at a Mohawk rally.
This practice of impersonating journalists concerns CJFE for two reasons. First, this tactic compromises the media&#8217;s position as an independent third party, thereby threatening reporters&#8217; safety and their ability to gain access to stories and sources.
Second, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/07/31/canada-police-impersonating-journalists/</link>
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		<title>The (b)Logosphere - Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The companies that provide blogging, social networking and video hosting services are becoming aware of the fact that a core user constituency is engaged in citizen journalism and digital advocacy. And that this also presents challenges. These companies are in a position in which they are are compelled to comply with the censorship and surveillance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/07/17/the-blogosphere-part-2/</link>
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		<title>CBC takes down Hamas, Hezbollah websites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Jonathan Halevi found that websites affiliated with Hamas  and Hezbollah were being hosted on servers owned by the Canadian company iWeb he contacted iWeb and asked for them to be taken down.  He was not successful. However, when CBC translated some Arabic in the discussion forum and contacted iWeb claiming that they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/07/16/cbc-takes-down-hamas-hezbollah-websites/</link>
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		<title>The (b)Logosphere - Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The explosion of citizen journalism has allowed increased access to a diversity of voices around the globe. Issues and voices that are not represented in mainstream media are providing diverse perspectives on both popular and obscure political issues. However, this phenomenon is certainly not new. While recent attention has focused on bloggers around the world, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/07/04/the-blogosphere-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Search Monitor in the Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s Overeager American Censors - Forbes

Practically every U.S.-owned search engine has caved to the Chinese government&#8217;s demands that they censor political Web sites in China. But none of them seem to agree on just what sites need censoring.
Google, at times, blocks Chinese users&#8217; access to the BBC while Yahoo! permits it. Yahoo! sometimes filters out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nartv.org/2008/07/02/search-monitor-in-the-press/</link>
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