Posts Tagged ‘freedom’

Egypt…final act

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011


Yesterday was the rehearsal and today it’s the real thing. Keep on rising, keep on resisting – world is watching Meanwhile: Where’s Mubarak? …. possibly already hiding in London!
The Arab world’s sleeping giant has finally woken from its slumbers after years of being drugged and mugged by the West. Over the years, dictator Hosni Mubarak has traded on their fear using some of the foulest methods of intimidation imaginable. But like their counterparts in Tunisia, the Egyptian people are losing their fear and tearing away the chains of oppression.

Google to press Esc from China

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Google Inc. posted a stunning blog on Tuesday, announcing cyber attacks and censorship were forcing the Internet giant to consider shutting down its website and offices in China.
Thousands of blogspots, search results and websites, including Google’s video-sharing site YouTube, remain inaccessible in China as the communist leadership tries to prevent social discontent against its rule from spreading through online data and opinions.
Facebook and Twitter are still blocked since ethnic riots erupted in northwest Xinjiang last July.

When Google launched in China in 2006, the company agreed to limit content under Chinese censorship rules, but could not effectively compete with China’s top search engine Baidu that will gain most from its exit.