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SMS, SARS, And Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the beware-the-email-centralizers dept.

angkor writes with a link to this article about "How SMS messaging in China forced the government to acknowledge the 'fatal flu in Guangdong.' And the steps the Chinese government is taking to make sure it does not happen again."

5 of 283 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I can see their reasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp karma whore.. mod down now!

  2. enemies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's El Gringo! Where is Turbo-Negro to save us?!?

  3. Slashdot Poll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    My favorite cowboy hero is:
    [ ] Tom Mix
    [ ] Gene Autry
    [ ] Bill "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd
    [ ] Roy Rogers
    [ ] Clayton Moore
    [ ] Randolph Scott
    [x] CowboyNeal
    1. Re:Slashdot Poll by YomikoReadman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      you should really send polls to the poll person at slashdot. that way we could all vote on cowboyneal as our favorite cowboy.

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  4. Censorship vs Hypocrisy... by jkrise · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not trolling, but atleast the Chinese seem to have a point. If Freedom of the Press can't nail SCO, how can censorship be blamed. SCO's bluff was called in Germany, Poland and Australia - but not in the US. Why? How many of the 1,500 SCO letters were addressed within the US?

    A free society is not necessarily an informed one.
    A controlled society may actually be good for all.

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