本土及中國|Local and China
香港倡議訂立檔案法| Advocate for Archives Law in Hong Kong
香港回歸以來,大量政府檔案被銷毀,本地珍貴的歷史資料白白失去。申訴專員公署上月公布就公開資料機制及政府檔案管理制度進行直接調查。民間機構獨立媒體(香港)遂發動網上聯署,要求立即訂立檔案法。
While Hong Kong’s new city mayor CY Leung was being elected and inaugurated, billions of sheets worth of government records were trashed. In fact, if you stacked up all the trashed records, they would be about 40 times the height of the world’s tallest building Dubai’s Burj Khalifa ( which is 829.8 meters.) Hong Kong In-Media, a NGO that promotes the development of citizen media and information freedom took the opportunity to launch a campaign, demanding immediate legislation to protect government archives and public access to information.
獨立媒體(香港): 監察政府,《檔案法》、《公開資料法》不能少
明報: 記協促訂資訊自由法檔案法
Globalvoices: Stop Erasing Hong Kong’s History
China Daily: Archivists ask for action,now
Hong Kong In-Media: Monitoring the Government, Support of legislating the “Public Information Law" and the “Archives Law"
SCMP: Call for archive law to protect valuable government data
微信全球監控|WeChat Global Censorship
WhatsApp 要收年費,令更多港人轉投免費軟件「微信」懷抱。不過上月就有外國傳媒發現,微信連海外用戶都監控,不能發送敏感詞如「南方周末」。此外,微信的「公眾平台」亦更新措施,要求用戶奉上個人照及身分證,引起不滿。
WeChat has become popular in Hong Kong when WhatsApp asks for an annual fee. Yet, oversea media found it filtered “sensitive content" globally. Moreover, it recently stepped up real-name verification" for “public WeChat accounts", picture of their ID,national ID card number are needed.
和訊科技: 微信公眾平台挑戰新浪微博
驅動之家: 微信公眾平台管理收緊 強推實名制
中國報告網: 微信尋求海外發展 審查和監控成為阻礙
Bloomberg: Tencent Falls After WeChat User Details Sought: Hong Kong Mover
TechinAsia: Now China’s WeChat App is Censoring users globally
BBC: China’s Tencent denies WeChat app global censorship
US-China Today: The Rise of Weixin/WeChat
國際連線|Global News
美國:CISPA法案重臨|US:CISPA is back
美國國會眾議院情報委員會主席羅傑斯(Mike Rogers)和資深眾議員魯珀斯伯格(Dutch Ruppersberger)再度提交一份網絡安全法案,希望以立法的方式來處理網絡間諜和攻擊行為。然而美國網民牽起激烈反彈,認為它涉嫌侵犯公民和企業隱私。
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced to the US House following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have criticized the bill for violating privacy laws.
大紀元: 美眾議院再推網絡安全立法應對網絡攻擊
Global post: Internet activists prepare for second battle against CISPA, White House wavers
Forbes: Privacy Advocates Prefer Obama’s Cybersecurity Plan Over CISPA
Mashable: Internet Activists Deliver 300,000 Anti-CISPA Signatures to Congres
巴基斯坦: 網民維權行動|Pakistan: Netizens ask for their acess right
巴國政府再次封鎖YouTube網站,中國《人民日報》卻把事件報導成正面保護青少年的「德政」。巴國當地有NGO決定反守為攻,倡議「造訪(網站)是我的權利」運動,喚醒民眾關注網絡自由。
Pakistan renewed its ban on YouTube and the Chinese People’s Daily described it as a good policy to “protect teenagers". Yet, Pakistani Internet rights NGO Bytesforall has started an online campaign about internet filtering and online censorship. The campaign, called “Access Is My Right,” aims to raise Internet users’ awareness about policies and practices that limit the right to free expression online.
香港獨立媒體網:巴基斯坦網民圖像宣掦反審查
人民日報:巴基斯坦 為年輕人創造健康成長環境
Quartz: Pakistan renewed its ban on YouTube this week. Could the entire internet be far behind?
GlobalVoices: Pakistan: The “Access Is My Right” Campaign
贊比亞:中國技術助贊國審查|Zambia: China helps internet censorship?
有報導指贊比亞政府最近計劃監控社交媒體,並已接觸中國專家,讓他們幫助贊比亞安裝監控網絡的秘密設施。此舉在讚比亞國內引發爭議。報導稱,贊比亞政府計劃監控臉書、推特等西方社交網站,以及博客、電子郵箱服務和“不友好”的網站。據稱讚比亞政府在這方面與中國技術專家的合作已花費近100萬克瓦查(約合180萬美元)。
China is facing allegations that it is helping the Zambian government with deep packet inspection technology to eavesdrop, mine data, censor and intercept communications. The allegations come less than two years after the Chinese government was accused of helping the Ethiopian government block news websites in Ethiopia and jam Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) and other broadcasters including the Voice of America and Germany’s Deutsche Welle Amharic service.
PC Advisor: China reportedly helping Zambia with eavesdropping technology
Globalvoice: Zambia: Chinese Experts to Monitor Internet?
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