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South Korea Censors Its Own Censor

decora writes "The EFF reports on an internet censorship case in South Korea. The blog of Professor K.S. Park was recently brought up for consideration by the Korean Communication Standards Commission, which presides over South Korea's online censorship scheme, blocking about 10,000 URLs per month. The unusual thing about this case is that Park himself is a member of the commission; he was appointed to it by the opposition party as a well known free-speech advocate. The other members of the committee allowed him to make changes to his blog for now, but have vowed to 'take action' against it in the future."

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  1. pot kettle black!! by trinity93 · · Score: 1, Funny

    thats all one can really say in such matters

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  2. Re:Pull US financial support by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    You turn to the US to defend freedom? Where have you been the past decade?

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