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Internet Monitoring, China Estyle
http://indi.ca/2010/02/internet-monitoring-china-estyle/ (indi.ca)
I suppose it was just a matter of time. The government has begun monitoring and cracking down on Internet speech in earnest. This includes arresting people for Facebook/SMS rumours and shutting down various websites. LankaeNews journalist Prageeth Ekneliyagoda is still missing, after over a week. Various websites have been blocked or shut down and there are reports that a Chinese team has been brought in to help the government monitor stuff. I think the Internet needs to have some regulation but this, like a lot of other law, is just being used to crack down on people [ ... ]
Source: Kottu.Org
published: 2010-02-01 17:29:23 ( 7 months ago )fetched: 2010-02-01 18:15:29 ( 7 months ago )
I suppose it was just a matter of time. The government has begun monitoring and cracking down on Internet speech in earnest. This includes arresting people for Facebook/SMS rumours and shutting down various websites. LankaeNews journalist Prageeth Ekneliyagoda is still missing, after over a week. Various websites have been blocked or shut down and there are reports that a Chinese team has been brought in to help the government monitor stuff. I think the Internet needs to have some regulation but this, like a lot of other law, is just being used to crack down on people [ ... ]
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