Censorship Struggle Underway In Iceland

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday August 2, 2009 @05:17AM from the information-wants-to-be-free-but-it's-gotta-work-for-it dept.

jon jonson writes "Information from the collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing has been leaked to WikiLeaks, revealing billions in insider loans, and the bank has been working day and night to censor the information contained in the document. Last night at 6:55pm GMT, they served an injunction against the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, five minutes before the 7pm news was due to be aired. The TV station just displayed the WikiLeaks URL instead. They've also injuncted Iceland's national radio, banning all discussion about the contents of the document, and they are actively trying to censor the rest of the Icelandic media along with WikiLeaks."

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Who would have thougt it.... by jotaeleemeese · 2009-08-02 11:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

..... that such a basket case would arise in the fringes of the civilized Western European area of influence.
What you describe is typical of tin pot dictatorships ....

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