Chinese Claim Internet Censorship Modeled on West

ubermiester wrote to mention a NYT article reporting on a Chinese Press Briefing. At the event Liu Zhengrong, supervisor of Internet affairs for the Chinese State Council, stated that the state control of Internet access is based on Western models. From the article: "Mr. Liu said the major thrust of the Chinese effort to regulate content on the Web was aimed at preventing the spread of pornography or other content harmful to teenagers and children. He said that its concerns in this area differ minimally from those in developed countries. Human rights and media watchdog groups maintain that Chinese Web censorship puts greater emphasis on helping the ruling party maintain political control over its increasingly restive society. Such groups have demonstrated that many hundreds of Web sites cannot be easily accessed inside mainland China mainly because they are operated by governments, religious groups or political organizations that are critical of Chinese government policies or its political leaders."

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[pete6677]

Yes, because kicking someone's Koran and making them sleep without a blanket (in a tropical environment) is really such horrible torture. Newsflash, genius: Amnesty International sensationalizes things to push a political agenda. Of course they found evidence of torture, they were so determined that if nothing obvious came up they had to create it to save face.

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[HoosierPeschke]

Yes, because the actions of a few are defintely representative of the many. Way to be a sheep to the media and lump everyone in the USA together.