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A Horrifying Interactive Map of Global Internet Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the coming-soon-to-a-security-theater-near-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Imagine a world where the book burners had won. A world where information is filtered and must be approved by governments before it can be accessed by their citizens. A world where people are held down and kept in line by oppressive regimes that restrict the free flow of information and bombard citizens with government-approved messages. Now stop imagining, because this horrifying world already exists..."

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  1. Re:Doesn't work by mlkj · · Score: 5, Informative

    Works for me. Maybe the servers are just choking under the load. Here's a screenshot : http://a.pomf.se/xcxzwr.png

  2. [Citation Needed] by Mycroft-X · · Score: 5, Informative

    United States is shown as:
    VIOLATIONS OF USER RIGHTS 12/40
    FREEDOM ON THE NET 17/100
    OBSTACLES TO ACCESS 4/25
    LIMITS ON CONTENT 1/35

    But they don't say what these things are and which ones are violated. Without the context and citations the results are meaningless -- I could create the same thing in Paint.

    1. Re:[Citation Needed] by Anubis+IV · · Score: 4, Informative

      If you get to the specific page for the US, it lists the following as conditions that were met:

      - Political, Social and/or Religious Content Blocked?
      - Localized or Nationwide ICT Shutdown?
      - Pro-government Commentators Manipulate Online Discussions?
      - New Law/Directive Increasing Censorship or Punishment Passed?
      - New Law/Directive Increasing Surveillance or Restricting Anonymity Passed?
      - Blogger/ICT User Arrested for Political or Social Writings?
      - Blogger/ICT User Physically Attacked or Killed (including in custody)?
      - Technical Attacks Against Government Critics and Human Rights Organisations?

      Nowhere are any of those cited (at least not publicly that I could see), but at least a few of them do appear to be true, based on news we've all likely heard.

  3. Re:What about.. by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Informative

    US isn't some magical place where all these problems don't exist - they just don't exist for the english population.

    I live in San Jose, California. It is very common to see business signs ONLY in Spanish, Chinese, or Vietnamese. There are no laws requiring businesses to accommodate English speakers. Nor should there be. The USA is not Quebec.