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US-Made Censorware Used To Oppress Burma

An anonymous reader writes "The Christian Science Monitor is reporting that US-made censorware is being used to oppress the people in many countries, including Burma. That in itself may not be surprising, but a more interesting point is that according to lawyers interviewed by the CS Monitor it appears to be legal — in spite of all the economic sanctions against the country, and even though people know it will be used to hush up any mention of things like attacks on peaceful protesters."

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  1. US-Made Censorware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Translation: you can use photoshop to draw a black rectangle.

  2. Re:Hmm? by timmarhy · · Score: 4, Funny

    damn it man, your wasting valuable flag burning time with your reason and logic!

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  3. What the Civilization games have taught us by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the Civilization games have taught us anything, one thing is that you can still keep trading with hostile governments and frequently at a bigger profit. The other is keep your triremes near the shore.

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