"international" tag (sorted by SiNergy)

Online piracy had gotten the French government so edgy that they resort to exercising some tough love to its citizens. If individuals are caught downloading and patronizing pirated material, they will have their time in court to be reprimanded, or, worse, sentenced for jail time.

Where China has been effective in weeding out internet porn, they have no such luck with its mobile counterpart. The always informative Kathee Brewer reports the snags that China's anti-porn campaign has to disentangle itself from in dealing with porn on mobile devices. At this point, it is only sheer will of those supporting the cause that seems to push this agenda forward.

Tom Hymes doesn't outwardly editorialize but he can sneak in his two cents' worth in his article about China's wholesale shuttering of porn sites in Chinese cyberspace. So far, their handiwork had led them to close down 13,000 porn sites and arrested 5,400 suspects related to porn in China.

Sometimes we tend to forget that the porn industry doesn't just operate in the US and Europe. There are also porn producers in far off countries like the Philippines and Vietnam. Though they operate on the same set of rules, they also have to contend with more stringent moralistic anti-porn laws. What happened to its owners would not happen to anyone here in the US.

Remember these two words: "bisphenol A" and "phthalates". These chemicals were used as ingredients for the production of baby plastic bottles but have been summarily discontinued. Despite this, these chemicals are being used for other items including sex toys. Studies show that they can potentially cause hormonal changes in women, but the use of these chemicals continue to this day.

You know what the problem with legislation in governments? They create laws that sound good in paper but never good in reality. Take this new anti-porn laws in Indonesia, for instance. The law supposedly persecutes any form of pornographic material. In order to put teeth into the law, they have arrested a bunch of exotic dancers and the club manager where they work.

Its government probably thinks too much Internet will cause blindness and hairy palms: China has had a history of severely restricting access to information available online, including censorship on search engine results; lockdown of ISP data centers; blocking websites because of social, religious, political or pornographic content; and arrests and imprisonment of Internet activists.

New Zealanders find it more morally acceptable to watch porn over pirating copyrighted material online. That makes me wonder what they think of watching copyrighted porn online.

We will protect you from rumors and misleading information. We will protect you from the evils of anarchy and immorality. We will make the Internet safe for you by deciding which things you should see, and how much. We will take to ourselves the burden of filtering out information that you do not need, will not use, and will bring you harm.

No longer complying with the Chinese government's extensive restrictions on online content, Google boldly declared that they are no longer filtering search engine results in China. This came after cyber accounts made on several Internet-based companies, including Google, originating from China.