More online journalists are in prison globally than any other reporters working in any other medium, according to a new survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
SEO Firm CEO Jailed
Back in 2005, an SEO company called TrafficPower sued SEOBook author Aaron Wall because of comments made to his blog, a lawsuit that was later dismissed. The creator of TrafficPowerSucks.com was also sued. They liked to sue people then. Two years later, the CEO of that company is in jail for perpetrating a foreclosure scam.
Jailed Chinese Reporter Joins Suit Against Yahoo
When a Chinese reporter was imprisoned due to Yahoo’s loose lips, the reporter’s mother filed a lawsuit on his behalf. Now, although he is still in jail, Shi Tao’s name has been added to the suit.
Another Chinese Cyber-Dissident Jailed
Not to brag as much as give thanks: it’s nice to live in a place where you won’t go to jail for having something to say. "Cyber-dissident" Zhang Jianhong (pen name, Li Hong) can go to jail for it, and is, for six years.
We can also be thankful phrases like "reeducation-through-work camp for counter-revolutionary propaganda" still sound to us like something out of a George Orwell fantasy.
Yahoo Accused Again; 3rd Journalist Jailed
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued a statement claiming Yahoo was complicit in the jailing of Chinese journalist Jiang Lijun, sentenced to four years in prison in November 2003 over pro-democracy articles he wrote.
Libyan Blogger Jailed
Libya sent a political dissident blogger up the river for 18 months after criticizing the government on the Internet. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported this as they posted a letter from the blogger’s family requesting the release of the dissident.
Times Reporter Miller Jailed
Judith Miller gets incarcerated for a story she never wrote about the disclosure of CIA employee Valerie Plame’s identity to the media.
Blaster Worm Maker Jailed
Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, was sentenced to 18 months in U.S. District Court in Seattle for creating and distributing the a variant of the infamous Blaster worm.