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Study Shows China Tightens Internet Filtering

Posted by Zonk on from the not-that-any-chinese-people-will-see-this dept.

Torrey Clark writes "China is the world's leading censor of the Internet, filtering web sites, blogs, e-mail, and online forums for sensitive political content, according to a study released Thursday. The OpenNet Initiative said that China employs thousands officials and private citizens to build a 'pervasive, sophisticated, and effective' system of Internet censorship. 'ONI sought to determine the degree to which China filters sites on topics that the Chinese government finds sensitive, and found that the state does so extensively,' said the study. 'Chinese citizens seeking access to Web sites containing content related to Taiwanese and Tibetan independence, Falun Gong, the Dalai Lama, the Tiananmen Square incident, opposition political parties, or a variety of anti-Communist movements will frequently find themselves blocked,' the report said."

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  1. Go show, man! by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I mean, who knew that China filtered internet content? I'm glad that Slashdot was around to bring this to our attention! Who would have ever thought that such things where possible in country like China, where personal freedom and rights are the foundation of their very government? Who would have thought!

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  2. Re:But it's OK by DigiShaman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because liberals/socialists are cowards. So yes, they will always support those they fear in hopes they will always be on their good side and treated fairly.

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  3. Re:Which is one good reason why... by menace3society · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Sure people "ask" for spam: they read Usenet, have an email account, browse the web, and so forth. Having some of that content be something you find distasteful is no different from downloading a file that you think is a game and having it be pr0n or a virus. Of course, trying to force people to name things accurately and not share viruses on Freenet kind of takes the "Free" away.

    If the only way that you can exclude spam from "freedom of information" is to say that it's unwanted, your model has serious flaws.