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Chinese Internet Censorship Operation Revealed
Stony Stevenson passed on a link to an in-depth look at the Chinese government's massive censorship operation. Reporters Without Borders put together a report on the activities of the operation, with a primary focus on the censorship of internet access and participation. "Chinese supervisory bodies often use instant messaging and text messages sent via mobile phones to communicate quickly with commercial Web sites. The purpose is to tell them which articles or comments are not to be published, and which events or issues are taboo. The Beijing Internet Information Administrative Bureau holds weekly meetings with 19 of the leading Web sites based in the capital to evaluate the subjects that Internet users find most interesting that week."
of the future of America.
Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.
who say we can't criticize this because the west does bad thing X when it comes to privacy and freedom of expression even though bad thing X isn't anywhere remotely as bad as what the chinese are doing
look, my neighbor shot his dog, but i'm not going to criticize him, because i let my dog poop in the flower beds, and letting the dog poop in the flower beds is the beginning of an unstoppable slippery slope to murder and pedophilia and listening to cold play
pffffft
to every issue: abortion, freedom of expression, privacy, gun rights, etc., there are people who can think clearly on the issue, and then there are the raging fundamentalists
dear freedom of expression fundamentalists: where's my "troll" rating? k thx
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
What's this "revealed" nonsense? We have known for at least10 years the Chinese censor the internet. Please refrain from the false sensationalism.
then you criticize the most egregious trangressors of those principles first and foremost
you do not criticize a molehill to the same extent you criticize a mountain
because, if you do, you have an unspoken principle you are not owning up to, that ranks more importantly in your mind than your so-called concern for freedom of expression and privacy: "i am an ethnocentric turd"
oh my god! i need to show my receipt when leaving walmart! man the cannons! cue the battle hymn of the republic! it's worse than nazi germany!
what, they have no freedom of the press AT ALL in china? well, that's ok, because as soon as you cross the ural mountains/ straights of bosporus/ rock of gibraltar/ rio grande/ pacific ocean, suddenly human rights don't matter as much to me
to those who criticize minor transgressions in the west to the same extent you criticize major trangressions elsewhere, you care less about your so called principles, and more about self-absorbed navel gazing. thereby, nullfiying much of your so-called principles
the only morally and intellectually defensible position on any point of view is global one. national ones are simply invalid. nationalism does not trump true global principles of human rights
or at least it shouldn't
in reality, it does, in plenty of dim ethnocentric minds in the west (and elsewhere)
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
I am shocked and appalled that the Chinese would stoop so low as to adopt censorship policies. Their long and proud history of freedom has been sorely tarnished by this scandal!
How dare you be so modest!! You conceited bastard!!