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Google Launches Tool That Reveals Government Requests
Source: VOA News (23 April 2010, Ira Mellman | Washington) – Google Launches Tool That Reveals Government Requests Finding out which countries are trying to censor what their citizens can find on the Internet is now as easy as surfing to a website. Google Vice President Nicole Wong said that the new tool shows requests Google... »
No contact with Google about dispute said China
It was almost two months ago when U.S. web giant Google declared it would stop censoring Chinese search results and threatened to pull out of China over hacking and censorship concerns. China is the world’s largest online community with 384 million users at the end of last year. At the time there was much... »
Malaysia High Court Allows Christian Use of the Word ‘Allah’
Source: VOA News (31 December 2009, Luke Hunt, Kota Kinabalu) – Malaysia High Court Allows Christian Use of the Word ‘Allah’ The word ‘Allah’ is Arabic for God. He is the same one God worshiped by Jews, Christians and Muslim. n Malaysia, the High Court has thrown out a government ban on non-Muslims using the word Allah... »
Proposition 8
There is no question the issue of legalizing/banning same-sex civil marriage is a divisive social issue. The debate in Canada has faded from the national stage since Parliament legalized same-sex marriage in 2005. However, in California, the debate rages on stronger than ever due to the success of last week’s referendum (named Proposition 8... »
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