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UN Officials Remove Poster Mentioning Chinese Firewall

At a UN-sponsored Internet Governance Forum in Egypt, anti-censorship group Open Net Initiative was startled by a demand from UN officials to remove a poster mentioning Chinese Net censorship. When ONI refused the request, security personnel arrived and took away the poster. The group was promoting a new book, Access Controlled, a survey of Internet censorship, filtering, and online surveillance. A witness said, "The poster was thrown on the floor and we were told to remove it because of the reference to China and Tibet. We refused, and security guards came and removed it. The incident was witnessed by many." Here is a video of the removal.

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  1. Can I spell hypocrisy? by Bieeanda · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, I can. Unfortunately, it looks like kdawson can't.

  2. Hypocrisy by Marcika · · Score: 4, Funny

    from the can-you-spell-hypocricy dept

    Well, someone here obviously cannot...

    Posted by kdawson on 23:04 15th November, 2009

    That explains it, I guess.