Times OnlineLaptops banned from lectures in US universities as professors rebelTelegraph.co.ukProfessors across the country believe that the temptation of logging on to check Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or the latest sport scores - rather than take ...Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture hallsWashington PostProfessors in US Increasingly Ban Laptops From ClassFOXNewsCollege Professors Banning LaptopsCity Town Info Education Channelall 14 news articles »

Mar

Turkish Reporters Finally Point Out That The Gov't Should Drop Its Silly ... - Techdirt

2010-03-11

Turkish Reporters Finally Point Out That The Gov't Should Drop Its Silly ...TechdirtHowever, it's now been nearly two years since the last YouTube ban was put in place, and it hasn't been lifted. Apparently, a bunch of Turkish reporters are ...

Mar

Turkish Reporters Unite to Protest YouTube Ban - MediaShift (blog)

2010-03-09

Turkish Reporters Unite to Protest YouTube BanMediaShift (blog)The Turkish courts banned YouTube in May 2008, and now a new protest campaign launched by the editorial team of the ...and more »

Mar

Roundup: Blind-side hit rule reveals hockey's other headaches - Yahoo! Sports (blog)

2010-03-11

Roundup: Blind-side hit rule reveals hockey's other headachesYahoo! Sports (blog)First, you need to let the players know that borderline hits, while brutally exciting and craved - type David Booth(notes) or Mike Richards into YouTube and ...and more »

Mar

US Defense Department OKs Social Networking - PC World

2010-03-01

Portfolio.comUS Defense Department OKs Social NetworkingPC WorldFollowing a ban on social networking by some sectors of the US Department of Defense, the agency has now decided that social networking is integral to its ...Military Announces New Social Media PolicyNew York Times (blog)Twitter and Facebook access for US troopsBBC NewsPentagon Lets All US Troops Use Twitter, FacebookAOL NewsAFP -eWeek -IT Chuiko (blog)all 332 news articles »

Mar

Can you appeal a YouTube ban? | CNET to the Rescue - CNET Blogs

2010-03-04

A travel blogger gets banned from YouTube and doesn't know why. We get the ban reversed. Read this blog post by Rafe Needleman on CNET to the Rescue.

Mar

YouTube - Ban the Koran? Geert Wilders speaks out on his radical views

2010-03-09

Far right Dutch politician Geert Wilders has screened his anti-Islamic film to Britain's most senior lawmakers. The movie compares The Koran to Hitler's auto...

Feb

Youtube Ban « European Court of Human Rights

2010-02-23

The Internet Technology Association (INETD) applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), objecting to the decision to block youtube.com in Turkey. Access has been banned to the global video sharing site for 19 months now since ...

Mar

International Women's Day (8 March 2010) – Message from UN ...

2010-03-11

United Nations, New York, 26 February 2010 - Video Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the occasion of International Women's day 2010.The fight for women's rights is central to the UN's global mission.

Mar

Protesting Turkey's YouTube Ban

2010-03-09

In May of 2008, judges in Turkey banned its citizens from accessing YouTube, under the justification that the Web site failed to obtain authorization to operate within the country. Now, two years later, according to a March 9 article by ...

Mar