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screwedup··on China tightens Web controls; commenters must register real names
One is a decision by a private company (which you can get around by using a different service) and one is a mandate from the government.
screwedup··on China tightens Web controls; commenters must register real names
Before you start thinking "oh, those crazy Chinese...", remember that many people in the USA (and other western countries) fervently believe that we should do the same thing.
screwedup··on Diagnostic page for Google.com
"Of the 153 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days...."

That's a small sample.

screwedup··on View hidden photos of anyone on Facebook
I'm just guessing, but one way you could do it: get some level of access to the FB accounts of all of getpicturebook users. As long as the user whose pictures you want to see is a friend of one of those people, you can now see them.
screwedup··on Tweet-a-Program Mandelbrot Code Challenge
Am I missing something?

Wolfram is sold as an incredibly useful language, but the useful part appears to be not the language itself, but the many built-in functions.

screwedup··on ISPs in Russia are blocking GitHub
Can somebody translate that? It looks like it links to the Ministry of Justice, which would imply that it's a politically- or security-motivated block.

And can somebody confirm that this is happening with other Russian ISPs?

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