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November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

23 November 2011

Pakistan: Plans to Filter Around 1,500 Words in SMS Traffic

Written by Qurratulain Zaman · South Asia

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is the center of attention of the country's social media junkies and human right groups these days, for its infamous leaked list of banned obscene words and phrases for SMS traffic. Pakistani bloggers react.

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South Korea: Comedian Sued for Making Fun of Politicians

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

Politics is seen as a fair target for most comedy shows, but in South Korea a politician is suing a comedian. The lawsuit - claiming that the performer defamed all politicians - has drawn immediate criticism from various parts of Korean society, inundating social media with jokes and comments.

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Cuba: Blogger and Scholar Ted Henken on New Media in Cuba

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle · Latin America

Ellery Biddle interviews City University of New York (CUNY) Professor of Sociology Ted Henken, a Cuba expert who is the author of El Yuma, a blog that explores social currents in contemporary Cuba and closely follows the Cuban blogosphere.

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Brazil: Maximum Fine After Silence on Chevron's Oil Spill

Written by Sara Moreira · Latin America

On 7 November, an oil platform operated by Chevron-Texaco and located 350km off coast from Rio de Janeiro, began spilling crude oil. Two weeks after, the spill is believed to be under control and Chevron has been fined the maximum amount allowed by Brazilian environmental authorities. But not all is clear concerning the intricacies and coverage of the environmental disaster.

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22 November 2011

Kenya: Life in Dadaab, the World's Largest Refugee Camp

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Sub-Saharan Africa

Around 75 percent of all refugees are believed to reside in countries neighboring their own, and this is particularly true in Kenya, where approximately 450,000 people inhabit the world's largest refugee camp.

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Russia: Digital Oppression Hits Web Forums as Election Approaches

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

As the Russian parliamentary election comes closer, dispersed attacks on regional discussion boards have turned into a massive wave of digital oppression. Alexey Sidorenko reports on several cases.

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Updates from November, 2011

28 November 2011

Venezuela

Luis Carlos Díaz blogs [es] about Venezuela's slow internet broadband, reporting that Venezuela ranks 163 out of 174 countries in download speed. Luis Carlos argues that Venezuelan netizens are settling for too little, and that anyone who aspires to the presidency for the 2012 elections should add this issue to their agenda “if [they] really want to run a country of the XXI century.”

• Silvia Viñas

Panama

Panamanian women marched on Friday, November 25, the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women. “So far this year, 53 women have been murdered in Panama, 35 at the hands of their partners, La Critica reports. The most recent case of femicide occurred Wednesday morning in Villa Lucre. The protesters also asked for a stop to labor discrimination and pay inequality,” The Panama Digest reports.

• Silvia Viñas

Iran

Estekhdam has published several photos showing Tehran before Islamic Revolution in 1979.

• Fred Petrossian

Iran

Here is a satirical look at “Tin Tin in Tehran” published in several Iranian blogs.

• Fred Petrossian

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian bloggers weigh in on news of the alleged assassination plot against the Prime Minister, here, here and here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Generation Y wonders whether the country's new wave of entrepreneurs will survive, while Laritza's Laws is concerned that “the housing regulations, recently enacted by the government of Cuba…leave intact regulations that impede the full exercise of the right of ownership.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco