The Citizen Lab

Internet Firms Create China Code of Conduct
Posted Aug 06, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., in negotiations with other Internet companies and human-rights groups, reached an agreement on a voluntary code of conduct for activities in China and other restrictive countries. From WSJ

Breaking Beijing’s Internet Blockade
Posted Aug 06, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
While journalists are still denied free internet access for the Olympics, grassroots efforts across China undermine the regime’s censorship. From EpochTimes

China Lifts Some Internet Restrictions
Posted Aug 06, 2008 in MediaCoverage by sarahb. 
The Open Net Initiative, which monitors Web site blocking around the world, reports that these previously unavailable sites are now accessible, not just at the Olympic venues but also for ordinary Internet users in Beijing. From CNSNews.com

Search Monitor Project & the Multi-Stakeholder Initiative
Posted Aug 05, 2008 in MediaCoverage by sarahb. 
Nart Villeneuve's report, Search Monitor Project: Toward a Measure of Transparency, is highlighted in Google's August 1st statement concerning the Multi-Stakeholder Initiative.

Dick Pound slams IOC over internet censorship
Posted Aug 05, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
Dick Pound, the former anti-doping chief, has criticised the International Olympics Committee (IOC) for allowing the Chinese authorities to censor internet sites, claiming it had done considerable damage to the organisation. From timesonline.co.uk

Rogge made no deal on Internet censorship -official
Posted Aug 05, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge made no deal with Beijing Olympic organisers over Internet censorship, a senior IOC official said on Saturday. From TheEconomicTimes

Olympics visitors encouraged to encrypt hard drives
Posted Aug 05, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
If you are attending the Olympics in China starting the end of this week, then Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive of PGP Corp. has some advice for you. If you are taking any kind of hardware with you, be it a laptop or smart phone, he is urging you to encrypt the data on your devices, or just take clean hardware with you. From geek.com

Wall Around Olympic News Proves Tall but Leaky
Posted Jul 31, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
Beijing hasn't fulfilled a pledge to the International Olympic Committee to make the Internet freely available to more than 20,000 journalists covering the August Games. A senior IOC official acknowledged that certain Web sites will be inaccessible to journalists at the events. China already restricts access to a number of Web sites for its 1.3 billion citizens. From TheWallStreetJournal

IOC members outraged at China media 'muzzling'
Posted Jul 31, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
China's muzzling of the international media covering the Beijing Games has angered the Olympic movement and members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are questioning China's right to hold the Games. From ABCNews

IOC admits to deal with China on censorship
Posted Jul 30, 2008 in beijingolympics by sarahb. 
International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have cut a deal with China to allow the blocking of sensitive websites from media during the Beijing Games, press chief Kevan Gosper said on Wednesday. From GlobeandMail