Where governments pose restrictions, companies are finding ways to help people circumvent them. Apparently, business is booming for people wanting to use firewalls to get around their countries censorship. Even when the blocks get blocked, new ways continue to pop up.

One type of censorship comes to an end, but a new is developing, writes cultural theorist Dave Boothroyd. The power that corporations such as Network Solutions or YouTube wield produces a new form of subjectivity characterized by self-censorship. http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2009-05-26-boothroyd-en.html

Beyond the hacks and cracks — and in celebration of Sunshine Week — we've compiled a brief list of some of the biggest public and private threats facing the internet.

This searching examination explores how the internet is threatening the rule of particularly repressive governments—including China, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Addressing internet censorship, citizen journalism, and the growing popularity of blogging as a means for change, this in-depth analysis provides unique insight into these cultures as well as the latest media technologies.