Internet Blotter

Egyptian blogger Karim Amer is finally free after four years in prison.
Iran launches yet another police force to deal with the Internet, headquartered with the Revolutionary Guard. Its commander says the state plans to quadruple its Internet control budget.
Google lobbies U.S. policymakers to consider online censorship a free trade issue.
Is breaking into Yahoo e-mail too easy? The Sarah Palin hack revealed flaws in the webmail system's security that can still be exploited.
Yet more malicious attacks on computers connected to the Nobel Peace Prize. As with CPJ and other groups, the Nobel Institute's director, Geir Lundestad, received a personalized, but fake e-mail containing malware.
Saudi Arabia blocks Facebook over "moral concerns"--then immediately unblocks it, claiming an "error."

November 16, 2010 5:07 PM ET | Permalink

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