DW-WORLD: Olympic Athletes Must Follow IOC Guidliness When Blogging The Olympic Charter prohibits any journalistic work by athletes, but since IOC confirms ban on Iraq from competing in Bejing ...
Iraq banned from Beijing Olympics ...
Germany Tightens Rules on Violent Computer Games ...
Activists Stage Olympics Protest at Adidas Meeting ... the Turin Winter Games in 2006, the IOC has been forced to allow blogging during the Olympics -- although not without restrictions.
(03.08.2008) DW-WORLD: IOC President: No Internet Censorship Deal with China The International Olympic Committee made no deal with China on limited Internet access for the media at the Beijing Olympics, IOC president Jacques Rogge said on Saturday in response to recent speculation. (02.08.2008) DW-WORLD: Germany Calls For End of Restrictions on Foreign Media in China German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier phoned his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Friday, Aug. 1, to call for restrictions on foreign journalists covering the Beijing Olympics to be lifted. (01.08.2008)
(Deutsche Welle)
more info >>
<< Back