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Global Internet Censorship On the Rise
An anonymous reader writes "State-led internet censorship is on the rise around the world. According to a study conducted by the Open Net Initiative and reported by the BBC, some 25 of 41 countries surveyed were filtering at least some content. Skype and Google Maps were two of the most often-censored sites, according to the article. 'The filtering had three primary rationales, according to the report: politics and power, security concerns and social norms. The report said: 'In a growing number of states around the world, internet filtering has huge implications for how connected citizens will be to the events unfolding around them, to their own cultures, and to other cultures and shared knowledge around the world.'"
Yah, but this is the Internet. It's Censorship 2.0!
I emailed a Chinese colleague to get his comment on this story -- but the link is blocked. Oh well...
Additionally, governments are figuring out that they can basically do whatever they want without any significant repercussions, as long as they control the military and the law enforcement agencies.
Wow! Amazing how nobody ever figured *that* out before.
runs to patent "control of military and police as a method of securing political power"
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
"We aren't exactly sending in the B-52s to airdrop loads of McMuffins . . . and twinkies onto the Noble Primitive Peoples who are Honoring the Sacred Traditions of Their Ancestors."
Chemical weapons are against the Geneva Conventions, aren't they?
More Twoson than Cupertino