We are headed toward a tiered, restricted internet, with searches in Europe returning dramatically different and less complete sets of results than elsewhere.
Whatever comes of the website, Julian Assange or Bradley Manning does not negate the fact that, in the absence of a far more heavily restricted internet, we live in a WikiLeakable world.
The outage, which is being blamed on a fault in a single undersea cable, has severely restricted internet access in countries including India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and left huge numbers of people struggling to get online.
While Iran has severely restricted Internet access, a loose worldwide network of sympathizers has risen up to help keep activists and spontaneous filmmakers connected.
Called Opera VPN, the app is designed to protect users' privacy – it removes ad blockers, for example – but it's also marketed towards those who want a way to work around restricted internet access, such as on networks managed by I.T. departments at workplaces and in schools.
Breaching an order's conditions – which could include staying away from the victim or restricted internet use – will be a criminal offence with a maximum sentence of five years in jail.
There are numerous conditions on his release: he'll have to live at an agreed address, electronically tagged, with restricted internet and communications.
The cyber-affair adds Zimbabwe to a growing list of African countries — including Cameroon, Congo and Ethiopia — whose governments have restricted internet expression in recent years.
In over two years, there is only a single reported instance of a user who could not get the sketcher to work because of severely restricted Internet zone control settings in their Web browser.
Analysts see the deal as an early move by AOL to position itself in China's tightly restricted Internet industry ahead of China's entry into the World Trade Organization, which will gradually open up the market to foreign investors.
