Internet news below the fold

Well, the Pope might be on Facebook, but Father Z says that the Vatican is blocking Facebook on their work computers,...
His comments in red:
[You know the old story. John XXIII was asked how many people work in the Vatican. He said, "About half." But I don’t imagine that Facebook et al. are really going the reduce productivity that much. The coffee breaks, maybe.]
... Other information sharing sites like Twitter, YouTube and Flickr were still accessible as of June 16. [I suspect their days are numbered.]

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On the other hand, StrategyPage relates:

Bowing to growing pressure from the troops, the U.S. Army has unblocked access to Facebook, Flickr, Delicious, Vimeo and Twitter at 81 bases in the United States....
Most troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have access to the Internet, but often via the equivalent of a dial-up connection. So MySpace and Facebook are convenient enough for troops to quickly post messages, pictures and short videos.
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ZDNET reports on the attempt of the Iranian government to block the news, including the internet:

With Iranian authorities essentially locking foreign journalists in their hotels, shutting down websites and blocking text messaging, Iranian protesters have taken to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook with a passion — both to get the word out about what’s happening in the country and to communicate logistics, says a CBS/AP report.

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TehranPhotoBlog just posted on the demonstrations of June 17th...

and his photos are mentioned in this (German) article...

which also reports:
Selbst die größte Filesharing-Plattform The Pirate Bay zeigt Solidarität mit der grünen Welle in Iran, benennt sich um in "The Persian Bay" und färbt ihr Dreimaster-Logo entsprechend.

The Piratebay has links for getting around censorship HERE.