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How Burmese Dissidents Crack Censorship

Posted by samzenpus on from the monks-and-the-net dept.

s-orbital writes "According to a BBC News article, "Images of saffron-robed monks leading throngs of people along the streets of Rangoon have been seeping out of a country famed for its totalitarian regime and repressive control of information. The pictures, sometimes grainy and the video footage shaky, are captured at great personal risk on mobile phones — but each represents a powerful statement of political dissent." The article goes on to tell the stories of how Burma's bloggers use proxy servers, free hosting services, and other technologies to overcome Burma's "pervasive" filtering of internet access and news."

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  1. How do you fight budhist monks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, they reincarnate over time, kinda like Doom on nightmare-difficulty.

  2. Sounds like a good use for DRM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can listen once to a treasonous speech, but then the file is no longer accessible. Oh, and you can't get it out of the computer.

  3. Re:Radical Religionist... by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    The radical WOWer climbs the basement stairs to empty his own pee jar.

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  4. Burma? by n6kuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shaving brushes,
    You'll soon see 'em,
    On a shelf
    In a museum.

    Myanmar-Shave.

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    If you disagree with me on social issues, then it's pretty clear that you are a narrow-minded bigot.
  5. Re:Free Burma by Kagura · · Score: 2, Funny

    Free Burma? I'll take it!
    ... Hello, China? I think I've got something you might want. That's right. Alllll the tea.