censorship debate

US authorities began another round of domain name seizures a few hours ago, targeting several sports streaming sites.

Thus far, neither the Department of Justice nor Homeland Security’s ICE unit have officially commented on the seizures, but it can’t be a coincidence that sports streaming sites are being targeted a few days before the Super Bowl is due to be aired.

China is no stranger to Internet censorship.

The country’s Great Firewall includes many well known sites, but up until now BitTorrent sites have never been blocked.

Google and the Chinese government have entered talks to discuss the future of Google’s search engine in China, according to Bloomberg