| By Andy Greenberg, Forbes Staff | Read the full article on Forbes | One morning in mid-August, seven months into the Arab Spring protests and government crackdowns in which thousands have been killed, something strange happened on Syria’s Internet.…
Written by Pratap Chatterjee Technology from an American company is being used by the Syrian government to censor the Internet and monitor dissidents, according to activists. The equipment produced by a major SiliconValley company, Blue Coat, allows corporations and governments…
Source: AllGov Authoritarian regimes in the Middle East have had plenty of help from American firms when it comes to censorship and spying on pro-democracy protestors. One of the biggest players is Intel-owned McAfee Inc., provider of content-filtering software used…
Censorship in America 