As Twitter celebrates its eighth anniversary, it's also busy fighting efforts to censor the social media service in Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan banned Twitter yesterday in the wake of a corruption
Internet service providers, social sites and satirists appear to be in the cross hairs of the Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA).The national trade organization representing English-language Canadian companies in the music, sound recording
Published on: March 5th, 2012
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
A lawsuit filed by Taseko Mining Ltd. against an environmental group over the organization's Facebook posts and Web site updates, is an attempt to silence online criticism, according to the Pirate Party of
Published on: March 2nd, 2012
ITBusiness Staff
@itbusinessca
Better ways to interpret data, not more access to private information, is what law enforcement agencies need, according to opponents of the so-called “lawful access” bills – a set of proposed laws that
Published on: January 29th, 2012
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
For Internet activists, last week's Web protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills were a huge victory against three powerful and well-funded trade groups that pushed hard for passage of the Stop Online
Published on: January 24th, 2012
Grant Gross
@itbusinessca
Research In Motion has accused unnamed competitors of trying to compound and profit from its problems in India by "suggesting or implying" that RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) will be singled out by
Published on: February 23rd, 2011
John Ribeiro
@itbusinessca
The Egyptian government's five-day block of Internet services cost the national economy at least US$90 million, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Thursday.The Paris-based organization said telecommunications and Internet services
Published on: February 4th, 2011
Martyn Williams
@itbusinessca
Research In Motion has not agreed to turn over corporate data sent to and from BlackBerry devices to the Indian government, contrary to reports that surfaced on Wednesday, RIM said. "RIM has once
Published on: November 19th, 2010
Nancy Gohring
@itbusinessca
BANGALORE- India said that Research In Motion's BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service will continue to be available after Oct. 31, the deadline the government had given RIM to provide interception of communications to Indian
Published on: November 1st, 2010
John Ribeiro
@itbusinessca
Research In Motion has offered to lead an industry forum in India focused on supporting the lawful access needs of law enforcement agencies, while preserving the legitimate information security needs of corporations and
Published on: August 27th, 2010
John Ribeiro
@itbusinessca
I feel more than a little sorry for Research In Motion these days. Not only is the BlackBerry maker being pressured as never before in the market by the ever-sexy iPhone and
Published on: August 9th, 2010
ITBusiness Staff
@itbusinessca
Whether government officials and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) executives are able to avert possible restrictions on BlackBerry use in the Middle East and Southeast Asia or not, the threat of a ban
Published on: August 9th, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
Google Inc. may not be throwing in the towel in its battle with the Chinese government, but it certainly took a step back this week.Google announced late Monday that it will no longer
Published on: July 5th, 2010
Sharon Gaudin
@itbusinessca
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