Net censorship spreads worldwide (BBC) {Reporters Without Borders}

[eppur_se_muova]

By Mark Ward
Technology Correspondent, BBC News website

Repressive regimes are taking full advantage of the net's ability to censor and stifle reform and debate, reveals a report.

Written by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) pressure group the report highlights the ways governments threaten the freedom of the press.
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China was the nation that came in for most criticism for its efforts to monitor and censor the net. The RSF noted that net censorship in the country had undergone a significant shift in the last two years.

Originally, said the report, China was only interested in monitoring political dissidence on the net. Now its scrutiny covers general unrest in its population - ironically something that has grown because the net makes it easier for people to communicate.
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Net users have also been jailed in Egypt, Iran, Libya, the Maldives, Syria, Tunisia and Vietnam.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4973114.stm

A fairly chilling article. Of course many have already suspected the worst intentions on the part of opressive gov'ts; now we see they have the abilities to go with those intentions.

[darkmaestro019]

1. Anyone ever seen Quills?

Yeah. I'd go that far. And farther. I can't do much, but my mind is my own and the expression thereof is my own, too. And nothing anyone can say on paper, no matter how many other monkeys sign it, can change that.

I REJECT THE PREMISE OF CENSORSHIP.

[burrowowl]

2. K&R

[bennywhale]

3. Does anyone know of any search engine/net company that hasn't

capitualted to the demands of the Chinese government and others?

I'm struggling with my conscioince by remaining with greedy cowards like Google, Yahoo, MSN

Is there anyone with morals i can use?

Any ideas DU?