Neowin News Feed for: Libya

Trailer for anti-Islamic film pulled from YouTube in Egypt and Libya

Paul Ferson — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:08:59 +0000

A trailer for a film entitled 'Innocence of Muslims', previously known as 'Innocence of Bin Laden', has been hidden by Google in Egypt and Libya due to outrage it sparked after airing on national TV. Read more...

Libya gets Internet access back after months of downtime

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:11:10 +0000

Internet access is now being restored in the country of Libya, months after the access was cut off due to the rebel uprisings that have affected the country. Read more...

India, UAE want to read emails, Uganda blocking Facebook and Twitter?

Brody McKee — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:53:21 +0000

In a world where technology can be used to incite civil unrest, and take down a government, it’s no wonder that governments around the world are looking at ways to ‘manage’ electronic communications. So what’s... Read more...

NIC.ly down as Libya's response to vb.ly takedown spreads

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:43:49 +0000

Earlier this week, the Libyan government took down the popular URL shortener vb.ly, claiming that it went against the terms of service of the .ly top level domain registrar. Concerns over the breaching of Islamic... Read more...

Libya taking down .ly websites not in line with Islamic law

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:02:36 +0000

URL shorteners are known for their clever use of domains to look like an actual word. Google has Goo.gl. Techmeme has Techme.me, and Neowin has neow.in. The list is practically endless. One of the top... Read more...