World Day Against Cyber Censorship
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World Day Against Cyber Censorship was first observed on March 12, 2008 at the request of Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International.[1] A letter written by Jean-Francois Julliard, Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders, and Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International, was sent to the Chief Executive Officers of Google, Yahoo!, Inc., and Microsoft Corporation to request observation of the day.[2]
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[edit] Netizen Prize
In 2010, the first annual Netizen Prize, sponsored by Google, was awarded to the Iranian women’s rights activists of the Change for Equality website.[3]
The 2011 Netizen Prize was awarded to the Tunisian group blogging site Nawaat.org for their coverage of the Tunisian protests which their national media ignored.[4][5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Reporters Sans Frontières". Rsf.org. 2010-09-09. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=30507. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/RWB-AI_.pdf A copy of the letter
- ^ Iranian women’s rights activists win first Reporters Without Borders netizen prize with support from Google, Reporters Without Borders, 12 March 2010
- ^ World day against cyber-censorship
- ^ World Day Against Cyber-Censorship: new “Enemies of the Internet” list, Reporters Without Borders, 12 March 2010
[edit] External links
- World Day Against Cyber-Censorship official website
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