China Orders E-Mail Screening

Greyfox writes: "According to this CNN article, China has ordered Internet providers to screen users' E-mails for subversive statements. See how fascist governments control the flow of information? Aren't you glad our government doesn't do this? Oh... Wait..."

Comments

Maybe this will close up some of the relays ;)

[teambpsi]

Considering the number of relays in orbz and ordb that are out of the 210 and 211 sub-class A blocks i would think that perhaps this might be a good thing, in so far as the mail relays getting closed up

Since a majority of that "subversive" text being bounced off of them are for "american get rich way of life" propaganda ;)

Linux - the key to oppression?

[Sinistar2k]

Now thanks to Red Flag Linux, filtering the thoughts of your citizens is cheaper and more reliable than ever!

Back in the day, you'd have to pay Microsoft big bucks to squelch dissenting opinions and always had to worry that radicals spreading Western ideals would be able to exploit OS vulnerabilities and cause trouble. Not any more!

I wonder if China will GPL their filtering software?

(By the way, I'm not being down on Linux. I'm just dismayed at the irony of a government using one of the most free [as in liberty] operating systems to actually reduce freedom.)

Dealing with those spammers from China

[Paul Wright]

I get loads of spam from China, or advertising Chinese websites.

Looks like sending the postmaster a note congratulating him on joining the Falun Gong might work well.