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Reporters Without Borders Fight Web Censorship
eldavojohn writes "Yesterday Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched a new initiative called 'Anti-Censorship Shelter' that aims to provide shelter for bloggers and Internet journalists in foreign countries who risk persecution or censorship from their local governments. RSF stated, 'At a time when online filtering and surveillance is becoming more and more widespread, we are making an active commitment to an Internet that is unrestricted and accessible to all by providing the victims of censorship with the means of protecting their online information. Never before have there been so many netizens in prison in countries such as China, Vietnam, and Iran for expressing their views freely online. Anonymity is becoming more and more important for those who handle sensitive data.' Working with Xerobank, RSF has a high-speed, devoted VPN that users can connect to that sounds like an onion router. While RSF admitted this masked address service is not foolproof, it's impressive to see an organization proactively seeking out individuals and offering them a digital shelter to protect themselves from a fate similar to that of the estimated 120 imprisoned bloggers around the world."
It is funny that even on this site, slashdot, there is a censorship, but no one bother to raise the public and to fight it.....OKEY, it is not censorship, but RULES. If you don't follow the rules, or if you post an insulting comment, and by insulting comment i don't mean bad words, but something....what, illegal???, then, the CENSOR, i mean the moderator will delete you, block you, low down your rating, in fact, will CENSOR you. And only to be clear, i agreed to the terms, and i am trying to follow them as best as possible, but nevertheless, it is still censorship.