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Microsoft Censors Web in U. S., Follows Chinese Regime Guidelines (2009-06-20)
Use of Censorship Circumvention Services Soars in Iran – GIF resumes anti-censorship services to Iran due to election crisis (2009-06-17)
Green Tsunami Released to Burst Green Dam (2009-06-16)

Microsoft Censors Web in U. S., Follows Chinese Regime Guidelines

gifcontact — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:13:02 +0000

ATLANTA, June 20, 2009 –Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIF) today announced its discovery of strong political censorship exercised by Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, in the United States, by filtering its search results deemed “sensitive” or “subversive” by the Chinese regime.

Use of Censorship Circumvention Services Soars in Iran – GIF resumes anti-censorship services to Iran due to election crisis

gifcontact — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:53:45 +0000

ATLANTA, June 17, 2009 – In response to increased attempts from Iranian web surfers to use its anti-censorship services, Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIF) has resumed them to Iran. This step has been greeted by an extraordinary traffic spike.

GIF Reopens Anti-censorship Service to Iran, Sees Immediate Spikes

gifcontact — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:15:19 +0000

ATLANTA, June 17, 2009 – In response to increased attempts from Iranian web surfers to use its anti-censorship services, Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIF) has reopened them to Iran. This step has been greeted by an extraordinary traffic jump.

Amidst the political tumult, web surfers in Iran have literally rushed to utilize GIF’s protocols in order to obtain secure and censorship-free channels of communication.

“Due to the dynamic situation in Iran caused by its election and aftermath, the number of daily hits from Iran has tripled during the past week,” said Dr. Shiyu Zhou, Deputy Director of GIF.

Green Tsunami Released to Burst Green Dam

gifcontact — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:41:57 +0000

ATLANTA, June 16, 2009 – A few days after China announced the mandatory installation of censorship software on every PC sold in China, a leading anti-censorship organization has released software to defeat it.

Global Internet Freedom (GIF; http://www.internetfreedom.org), a consortium formed by several technology companies specialized in circumventing political censorship on the internet by repressive regimes, announced today its release of “Green Tsunami,” software designed for Chinese users to detect, disable or remove “Green Dam.”

Green Tsunami gives users options to temporarily disable the monitoring of “Green Dam,” or to completely purge it from their computers.

Offers Reporters Software to Break Through Internet Blockade

gifcontact — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) Offers China-Based Reporters Software to Break Through Internet Blockade

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2008 -- The Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) announced today that their anti-censorship software tools are ready to help journalists and tourists during the Olympics, to circumvent China's Internet blockade. The software, which is available free of charge, can be downloaded onto a hard drive or USB drive to safely and effectively overcome the Internet censorship in China.

Testimony by Shiyu Zhou of GIFC in the US Senate Hearing on Global Internet Freedom

peterl — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:56:57 +0000