Arrrrg. Net Censorship

[lonestarnot]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070518/tc_afp/internetcensorship_070518164906


LONDON (AFP) - Internet censorship is growing worldwide, with 26 out of 40 countries blocking or filtering political or social content, a study reported Friday. The survey carried out by experts at four leading universities found that people in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were often denied access to information about politics, sexuality, culture or religion.

Conducting the first of what is planned to become an annual survey, the experts at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Toronto found that the approach varied according to the country.

For example, outh Korea heavily censored only one topic,North Korea, while Iran, China and Saudi Arabia blocked both a wide range of topics and a great deal of content related to those topics. The experts with the OpenNet Initiative, who carried out their research last year, listed six countries as "pervasive" filterers of political information: Myanmar, China, Iran, Syria, Tunisia and Vietnam.

[Monkeyman]

1. K&R

[lonestarnot]

2. People best be paying attention to this.

"The survey marked "the first step towards a comprehensive global assessment of Internet filtering practices," said Oxford University professor Jonathan Zittrain,who expects to find more countries that filter the Internet as testing is expanded."

[Breeze54]

9. What? And not in the US??

:shrug: It's rampant here. I know you know that.

Must. Stop. Oppression. Censorship.

But I have become.....

Comfortably Numb

http://danielle.membrane.com/multimedia/worldwide_cover_up/Comfortably_Numb.mp3">Mp3

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Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child I had a FEVER
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am.

I have become comfortably numb.
(solo)
I have become comfortably numb.

O.K.
Just a little pin prick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
but I have become comfortably numb.

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http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Comfortably-numb-lyrics-Pink-Floyd/6F30EBDB86AD066C482568A100060594

[snot]

10. HUH? Pls explain. I know

that corporate & govt sites censor themselves; and I know they're trying to get other controls over net access within the US. But I'm not aware of anything beyond that. If you think it does go beyond that, pls provide all possible details and back-up! E.g., are you suggesting that efforts to protect net neutrality are already moot, and if so, why?

[bdamomma]

3. will this get us into the streets, this seems horrible.

[lonestarnot]

6. I've been in the streets for about 7 years now.

[Big Pappa]

4. Yet

no mention of Cuba.

[hughee99]

7. Perhaps much of the censorship there is done by preventing

people from being able to get on the internet at all. That makes blocking content much less of a concern.

[AX10]

5. K & R!

[bananas]

8. And a lot of people want to censor it here. nt

[Guaranteed]

11. This issue is unbelievably important. Kick nt

[sellitman]

12. If Repukes retake the Senate and the house along with President I's expect

this to happen here too.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. K&R!