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After several years in which American diplomats have inveighed against Internet censorship in China, the (SOPA) proposals have inspired a bit of snickering. "The Great Firewall turns out to be a visionary product; the American government is trying to copy us," one commentator wrote. A Chinese message making the rounds on Thursday said: "At last, the planet is becoming unified: We are ahead of the whole world, and the 'American imperialists' are racing to catch up."

Slashdot forum on Googles announcement that they will redirect to country specific domains for a blog which has been censored somewhere. So blogspot.com may become blogspot.com.nz if something bloccked here.

We envision communications infrastructure that is owned and operated cooperatively, by the whole of humanity, rather than by corporations and states.We are using the power of peer-to-peer technologies to create a global network which is immune to censorship and resistant to breakdown.We promote freedoms, support innovations and advocate technologies that enhance and enable digital self-determination.

Journal publisher tries to censor article critical of journal publishers...

Audrey Watters suggests this project should apply itself to education too. ""'I have read and agree to the Terms'" is the biggest lie on the web," insists a new project Terms of Service; Didn't Read. "We aim to fix that." A play on the Internet lingo "tl;dr" (too long; didn't read), the site reviews the Terms of Service agreements for major websites and applications. TOS;DR then rates the terms from good to bad, A to F, based on things like data portability, anonymity, cookies, data ownership, copyright, censorship, and transparency about law enforcement requests."

"Chilling Effects aims to help you understand the protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to your online activities. We are excited about the new opportunities the Internet offers individuals to express their views, parody politicians, celebrate their favorite movie stars, or criticize businesses. But we've noticed that not everyone feels the same way. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some individuals and corporations are using intellectual property and other laws to silence other online users. Chilling Effects encourages respect for intellectual property law, while frowning on its misuse to "chill" legitimate activity. The website offers background material and explanations of the law for people whose websites deal with topics such as Fan Fiction, Copyright, Domain Names and Trademarks, Anonymous Speech, and Defamation."

"Facebook and Apple are leading to the Balkanisation of the Internet"

Google help page on country specific URL redirect for Blogger. Avoid the redirect by using http://[blogname].blogspot.com/ncr

The first chapter of the book.

The UK have convicted someone for making a joke on Twitter.