- A powerful advocate for press and Internet freedom, Persephone Miel sadly passed away in June. The Pulitzer Center, in partnership with Internews, has launched a memorial fellowship in her name.
- How the Great Firewall of China breaks the global Internet: stories of Chinese re-routing and censorship affecting services in Chile, the US, and even the American military.
- Thai crisis fuels social media boom: Thai authorities have shut down a number of Web sites in recent years, leading to wider use of uncensored social networking sites.
- A move toward secure hosts for botnets. As sites like Google’s Gmail encrypt and secure their communications, malware botnets begin using them for their secure messaging.
- News of new Internet censorship measures in Tajikistan. (Rough Google translation only.)