Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian's editor in chief, tonight threw his support behind a plan to give public funding to Britain's national press agency to allow it to provide news from public authorities and courts as local newspapers withdraw because they can no longer afford ...
The TEDGlobal conference began its second day with views of the internet as a fragile network running on the kindness of strangers and as a force for spin and repressionThe second day of the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford began with contrasting optimistic and pessimistic ...
I'm sorry for our prime minister's predictable reaction to a story about G8 summit preparations, please keep the spotlight on ItalyAs a member of the Italian parliament and former magistrate who ensured that many corrupt politicians and businessmen were brought to justice in the ...
Government claims technology will curb access to pornography, but internet users say it blocks politically sensitive content and monitors behaviourChina's controversial plan to install Green Dam internet filtering software on all computers will go ahead despite being postponement, a government official told state media ...
• Beijing halts Green Dam filtering software plans• Climbdown comes after wave of online oppositionFor the netizens of the world's biggest online community, it was a rare victory. At the 11th hour, and with no proper explanation, the Chinese government, the most assiduous ...