"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3710064.HYzazgPxHE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Saudis cuff 'outspoken' blogger
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Farhan's friend Ahmad al-Omran said his chum was "the first Saudi
> blogger to
> | be detained by state security" and that his detention had created
> "widespread
> | anxiety among other Saudi bloggers and advocates".
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/02/saudi_blogger/
>
> It's worth pointing out that Microsoft (and Yahoo) assist such
> suppression.
They probably learned how to do this from Google which has the worst record
when it comes to handing over IP addresses.
"Google hands blogger's IP address to authorities"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/142251/update-google-hands-bloggers-ip-address-to-authorities.html
- "Israeli newspapers are reporting that Google has handed over the IP
address of an Israeli blogger, accused by the authorities of "slandering"
three local councillors."
"Google and the wrongly jailed Indian Net surfer"
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9811569-46.html
- "Once Google divulged the IP address of the photo-uploader to the Indian
authorities, the police sought the customer's identity from Airtel, one of
the country's main telecommunication companies."
"Google to help Mumbai Police"
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070003145
- "The Mumbai Police has confirmed that the US-based Google Inc has agreed
to share with them the IP addresses of those misusing their popular
friendship website Orkut."
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