Showing posts with label bloggers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bloggers. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
MAIL ONLINE: Tens of thousands of Islamic activists prayed on the streets of the Bangladeshi capital today during a rally calling for the introduction of blaspemy laws and the restoration of a caretaker government.
Members of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh are demanding the arrest of 'atheist bloggers who insulted Islam' and to pass laws punishing those who 'insulted Islam in the parliament'.
They have announced plans to 'lay siege' to the office of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on April 25 if their demands are not met.
They include the restoration of the phrase 'absolute trust and faith upon Almighty Allah' in basic principles of the constitution; passing laws to punish atheists; holding of national elections under an impartial government; ensuring good governance and justice, uprooting terrorism and corruption; and establishing Islamic rule for a prosperous and welfare state.
According to www.thedailystar.net, the party's Amir Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karimalso told the rally: 'The incumbent and previous governments have nurtured corruption, violence, nepotism and other different evil practices during last few decades. » | Daily Mail Reporter | Friday, March 29, 2013
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Egypt's Ministry of Justice has suspended the investigation of two judges for speaking out against the country's military in an apparent victory for free speech activists.
But in recent weeks, journalists and bloggers have been increasingly questioned by the military for their criticism of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Cairo.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
leJDD.fr: Professeur d’anglais de 35 ans, Amina Abdallah tient sur Internet l’un des rares blogs* en activité en Syrie. Extraits
On a reçu la visite des services de sécurité la nuit dernière: ils sont arrivés au petit matin. Tout le monde dormait. Le vacarme m’a réveillée et j’ai immédiatement compris ce qui se passait. Notre gardien s’est retrouvé nez à nez avec deux jeunes hommes, musclés, portant des vestes de cuir et fumant tous les deux. Je savais bien qu’un jour ou l’autre, nous allions recevoir ce genre de visites. Déjà, des amis ou des collègues y avaient eu droit. Alors, pourquoi pas moi? Je me suis habillée le plus vite possible, j’ai glissé mon passeport américain dans la poche de mon jean en gardant une main dessus, comme je l’aurais fait avec un talisman. J’ai chaussé mes lunettes et suis descendue au rez-de-chaussée. Mon père était déjà debout. Quand ils m’ont vu arriver, l’un des gars a dit:
"C’est elle!" - Moi?
- Oui, faut qu’on parle de certaines choses.
- Comme quoi?
Il a commencé à énumérer une longue liste de commentaires que j’avais postés sur mon blog en anglais et en arabe. » | Amina Abdallah, Le Journal du Dimanche | Samedi 30 Avril 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor of The Huffington Post, has hit back at the group of bloggers filing a major lawsuit against her, saying the accusation that she treated them like “slaves” is “painfully unoriginal”.
EXTRACT: “It seems that AOL's purchase of HuffPost suddenly opened his eyes to the fact that we are a business. I guess he'd missed the ads that appeared on the same page as his blog posts the 216 times he decided, of his own free will, to post something on our site.”
She went on to compare free blogging to appearing for free on a TV show and said that blogging had changed media landscape forever.
“People blog on HuffPost for free for the same reason they go on cable TV shows every night for free: either because they are passionate about their ideas or because they have something to promote and want exposure to large and multiple audiences,” she argued.
“Our bloggers are repeatedly invited on TV to discuss their posts and have received everything from paid speech opportunities and book deals to a TV show…
“Bottom line: the vast majority of our bloggers are thrilled to contribute -- and we're thrilled to have them. Indeed, we are inundated with requests from people who want to use our platform. People are looking to join the party, not go home early. Read the whole article here, and comment » | Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor | Thursday, April 14, 2011
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Arianna Huffington faces a large lawsuit from unpaid contributors who claim The Huffington Post, recently acquired by AOL for $315 million, treated them like ‘modern day slaves’.
A group of angry bloggers, being led by freelance journalist and trade unionist Jonathan Tasini, filed the class action in New York federal court, after Huffington sold her internet newspaper in February for $315m without paying contributors a penny.
Tasini, who wrote more than 250 posts for The Huffington Post on an unpaid basis leading up to the site’s sale, said: “Huffington bloggers have essentially been turned into modern day slaves on Arianna Huffingtons’s plantation”. He said he was suing because “people who create content…have to be compensated” for their work.
The complainant and his lawyers believe that bloggers’ articles helped contribute to approximately a third of the sale value of the site, with about 9,000 people writing for the [sic] Huffington Post for free. » | Sam Shead | Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Human rights groups have condemned the prison sentence of the 26-year -old Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil.
Nabil was sentenced to three years in jail by a military tribunal for a blog entry he wrote called "The people and the army were never hand in hand".
His jailing raises questions whether the regime in Egypt has changed at all since former President Hosni Mubarak stood down.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Cairo.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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Friday, March 12, 2010
WELT ONLINE: Das Internet ist als Plattform für Diskussionen und freie Informationen häufig nicht akzeptiert. So haben weltweit fast ein Drittel aller Staaten eine Internetzensur und rund 120 Blogger sitzen im Gefängnis. Für "Reporter ohne Grenzen" ein Grund zur Besorgnis, auch wenn die Zensur umgangen werden kann.
Das Internet kann eine politische Waffe sein: In Diktaturen bietet es die Plattform für Debatten und freie Informationen. Soziale Netzwerke wie Facebook und Twitter werden für Protest und Widerstand genutzt, You Tube-Videos stellen autoritäre Regime bloß.
Etliche Regierungen allerdings haben etwas gegen Meinungsäußerung im und freien Zugang zum Internet und reagieren mit drastischen Maßnahmen. Etwa 60 Staaten haben im vergangenen Jahr Internetzensur ausgeübt. Derzeit sitzen fast 120 Blogger im Gefängnis, im vergangenen Jahr waren es zur gleichen Zeit rund 70 kritische Internet-Nutzer.
Das ruft die die Organisation Reporter ohne Grenzen auf den Plan, sie veranstaltet zum zweiten Mal den „Welttag gegen Internetzensur“. Die Journalisten prangern zwölf Staaten als „Feinde des Internets“ an. Diese verfolgen der Organisation zufolge unliebsame Internetnutzer systematisch und zensieren unerwünschte Online-Informationen.
In Nordkorea, Birma und Turkmenistan ist ein Großteil der Bevölkerung komplett vom World Wide Web abgeschnitten. >>> Von Jan David Sutthoff | Freitag, 12. März 2020
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
TIMES ONLINE: American bloggers will be forced to declare any interest in products reviewed or discussed in their blogs under new rules announced on Monday by the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC’s revisions to its existing guidance are intended as an aid to advertisers to keep their work within the FTC Act, part of which covers endorsements by consumers, experts, organisations, and celebrities, as well as the disclosure of important connections between advertisers and endorsers. They will come into force on December 1 this year.
In a statement, the FTC said that its revised rules “also add new examples to illustrate the long standing principle that ‘material connections’ (sometimes payments or free products) between advertisers and endorsers – connections that consumers would not expect – must be disclosed… while decisions will be reached on a case-by-case basis, the post of a blogger who receives cash or in-kind payment to review a product is considered an endorsement. Thus, bloggers who make an endorsement must disclose the material connections they share with the seller of the product or service.” >>> Nigel Kendall, Technology Editor | Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
YNET NEWS: As opposition protest continues in post-election Iran, Revolutionary Guard announces websites and bloggers must remove any materials that 'create tension' or face legal action
Iran's opposition announced a third day of street demonstrations Wednesday as the country's most powerful military force warned of a crackdown against online media in its first pronouncement on the deepening election crisis.
Blogs and websites such as Facebook and Twitter have been vital conduits for Iranians to inform the world about protests over Friday's disputed election.
The web became more essential after the government barred foreign media Tuesday from leaving their offices to report on demonstrations on the streets of Tehran.
The Revolutionary Guard, an elite military force answering to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said through the state news service that Iranian websites and bloggers must remove any materials that "create tension" or face legal action.
The Guards are a separate military with enormous domestic influence and control of Iran's most important defense programs. They are one of the key sources of power for a cleric-led establishment that has been pushed by the crisis into an extraordinary public defense of the Islamic ruling system. >>> Associated Press | Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sunday, December 28, 2008
THE NEW STRAITS TIMES ONLINE (NST): PUTRAJAYA: The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will take stern action against bloggers who insult Islam, including non-Muslims.
Its director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz said the department could act against irresponsible bloggers, regardless of their religious background.
"Right now, the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission are still trying to trace the blogger said to have insulted Prophet Muhammad.
"We will come in once the culprit is found," he said.
Wan Mohamad also said there were bound to be "extremists" among religious followers or leaders in view of the country's multi-ethnicity.
He also said Jakim would not lodge any police report against the blogger as the matter was still being investigated by the police. [Source: NST] Hamidah Atan | Sunday, December 28, 2008
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Italy's leaders barely understand word processors, let alone the web. Now they've turned against the country's bloggers
By G8 standards, Italy is a strange country. To put it simply, it is a nation of octogenarian lawmakers elected by 70-year-old pensioners. Everyone else is inconsequential.
Romano Prodi, the Prime Minister, is a spry 68, knocking off 71-year-old Silvio Berlusconi in last year’s election. President Giorgio Napolitano, 82, has six more years left on his term; his predecessor was 86 when he called it quits. In the unlikely event that Italy declares war, the decision will come from a head of state who was a month shy of 20 when the Germans surrendered at the end of the Second World War.
This creaky perspective is a necessary introduction to any discussion about Italian politics with outsiders, I find. If the Italian Government seems unable to adapt to the modern world, the explanation is quite simple. Your country would operate like this too if your grandparents were in charge.
Recently, Italian lawmakers once again took aim at modern life, introducing an incredibly broad law that would effectively require all bloggers, and even users of social networks, to register with the state. Even a harmless blog about a favourite football squad or a teenager grousing about life’s unfairness would be subject to government oversight, and even taxation – even if it’s not a commercial website.
Outside Italy, the legislation has generated sniggers from hardly sympathetic industry observers. Boingboing cleverly reports Italy is proposing a “Ministry of Blogging.” Out-law.com plays it straighter, calling the measure an “anti-blogger” law. A geriatric assault on Italy's bloggers (more) By Bernhard Warner
Mark Alexander
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