‘Halalweb’: Iranian Authorities Try to ‘Purify’ Internet
The Iranian online community is facing a sustained, co-ordinated campaign to control how it uses the worldwide web.
Online or Behind Closed Doors: The Big Saudi Discussion
M. LYNX-QUALEY: There’s liberation in discussing ideas online but also dangers. Where do young Saudis discuss the big issues?
‘Creeping Sharia’?: The New Twitter Craze
DAVID ROBERTS: ‘Ignorance is bliss’ particularly when it generates such wonderful wit from the Twittersphere.
Cyber Campaigns ‘Limited to Elite’ in Arab World
NADA AKL, CGNEWS: Despite being the fifth most spoken language in the world, just over 1% of content on the web is in Arabic
Microloans for Entrepreneurs: The Future?
RAMAKANT VEMPAT, JUSTIN SYKES, CGNEWS: A new initiative has the potential to revolutionise employment in the Arab world
Illegal Eagles: Today, We Are All Publishers
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The platforms are public and subject to the law as any other public pronouncement would be. You publish, you take responsibility.
Saudi, Twitter, Religion and Blasphemy
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Is religion too taboo for social media, and what’s behind the case of “Twitter blasphemy” in Saudi Arabia?
Twitter Campaign for Cartoon Publisher
VIDEO, EURONEWS: A social media campaign has begun to free an 18-year-old man who has been jailed for publishing cartoons of the king of Morocco.
Saudi ‘Tweet’ Journalist Deported from Malaysia
The journalist who caused a firestorm of protest following the publication of a tweet last week on the Prophet Mohammed has been sent back to Saudi Arabia.




