- CPJ protested the arrest of Bahrain blogger Ali Abdel Imam back in September — The Wall Street Journal has a story on his continuing detainment.
- Activism around the imprisonment of Canadian-Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan continues: PEN Canada is focusing on his case and Canada and France’s foreign ministers have urged his release.
- Local Thai ISPs are being called in by the government to help block the country’s rapidly expanding website blacklist. The authorities want them to respond 24/7 to censorship requests.
- The Journal of Democracy has published Ron Deibert and Rafai Rohozinski’s overview of the pros and cons of new technology in authoritarian societies. It’s available here in PDF format.
- The New York Times has more info on US law enforcement’s request to broaden its Internet interception powers.
- Jared Cohen, the US State Department’s advocate for high-tech diplomacy, has moved to Google. Foreign Policy interviews him on his new job.