Rohin Dharmakumar

Senior Assistant Editor, Forbes India, Forbes

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The list in my previous tweet were the "seven no's" that must not be mentioned on the Chinese Internet: bit.ly/10OC0SX

Chinese internet: 'a new censorship campaign has commenced'

guardian.co.uk — On 9 May, I posted the following message on Sina Weibo: "The account you have been managing for years can be deleted in a second. Then you try to plot its reincarnation by writing every word from scratch. The house you have been building all your life can be bulldozed in a moment.
"Universal values, press freedom, civil society, civil rights, Communist party's historic errors, crony capitalists, judicial independence"
RT @ggreenwald: Really good NYT Editorial on " Spying on The AP" (hint: it doesn't accept Media Matters talking points) http://t.co/MgNWQ9…

Spying on The Associated Press

nytimes.com — The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers.
So whatever happened to "Mail", the app with millions waiting in queue to sign up? Is it another OMGPOP-Zynga, or was there any disruption?
RT @Esquiremag: Brad Pitt "has tried not to do any sexy scenes with other women since he's met Angelina. He's crazy about her." http://t.co…

The Real Life of Brangelina

esquire.com — Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Cinema for Peace Tom Junod's profile of Brad Pitt will appear in the June/July issue, which is on newsstands at the end of the month. When I met Brad Pitt the day after Easter, he was so tired that he was perhaps more reflective than usual.

carr2n: That's not a headline you see ...

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Inside China's Dystopian Internet, where online 'lives' with millions of connections are erased in mins: bit.ly/10OC0SX via @NiuB

Chinese internet: 'a new censorship campaign has commenced'

guardian.co.uk — On 9 May, I posted the following message on Sina Weibo: "The account you have been managing for years can be deleted in a second. Then you try to plot its reincarnation by writing every word from scratch. The house you have been building all your life can be bulldozed in a moment.
@TaraBooks thanks, will do. Are there others like you (children's books illustrated using traditional art styles)?
@kingslyj no clue, really. Been looking for a plugin type watt-hour meter for ages. Celeron dual-core. Guessing ~100-125W on average?

Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy: The Right Decision For Her, But Not All

newrepublic.com — I don't have a whole lot in common with Angelina Jolie, but we do share a terrifying family history of breast cancer. Like Jolie, I lost my mother to the disease-mine at 49, Jolie's at 56.
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