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China Orders E-Mail Screening

Posted by chrisd on from the we-heard-about-this-during-jiang's-pillowtalk dept.

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..."

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  1. Linux - the key to oppression? by Sinistar2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.)