Back in 2009 when President Obama paid his first visit to China, the President came out and stated that he was a “big supporter of non-censorship,” claiming that criticism helped him to better serve the needs of the American people. “The more freely information flows, the stronger society becomes as citizens can hold their governments [...]
China has announced changes to its online video content regulation. The changes require sites that host online videos to pre-screen user-posted content for material “that is deemed inappropriate.” China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) issued an official notice of the policy change on July 9. According to Huffington Post, these changes were [...]
The Russian government plans to launch a Facebook-esque social network on which users can use their personal accounts to upload content and create groups. While this decision would make Russia one of a number of countries launching state-sponsored social media platforms, it remains unclear whether such a site could rival widely available popular alternatives in [...]
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