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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. Re:What about inside Burma? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you don't know crap. why don't you just shut your stupid gob?

  2. And In Other News by MightyMartian · · Score: -1, Troll

    you don't know crap. why don't you just shut your stupid gob?


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    1. Re:And In Other News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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    2. Re:And In Other News by MightyMartian · · Score: -1, Troll

      i hear that linux fags pay other men to be allow to suck their dicks. fucking stupid linux fags.


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  3. mod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    posts. Theref0re are 7000 users

  4. Easy Solution by maz2331 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Air drop a LOT of rifles, ammo, and a few artillery pieces to the oppressed.