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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..."

3 of 409 comments (clear)

  1. Re:IIRC... by nagora · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    China is communist, not fascist :)

    When you mean what China means by "communist" it's the same thing.

    TWW

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  2. Re:IIRC... by Old+Wolf · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    At least he wrote "fascist" and not "facist" (which is more likely actually)

  3. Re:IIRC... by SocietyoftheFist · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Fascists practice facism :
    fas.cism \'fash-.iz-*m, 'fas-.iz-\ \-*st\ \fa-'shis-tik also -'sis-\
    \-ti-k(*-)le-\ n [It fascismo, fr. fascio bundle, fasces, group, fr. L
    fascis]bundle & fasces fasces 1: the body of principles held by Fascisti 2:
    a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and race and
    stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial
    leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression
    of opposition - fas.cist nor ;aj