May 18, 2007

OpenNet Initiative - Censorware All Over The World

ObPost: BBC: Global net censorship 'growing', covering the Open Net Initiative censorware report

money-quote:

"It's an alarming increase," said Ron Deibert, associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto, one of four universities participating in the yearlong study along with Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge. "Once the tools are in place, authorities realize that the Internet can be controlled. There used to be a myth that the Internet was immune to regulation. Now governments are realizing it's actually the opposite."

What more is there for me to say, that I haven't said already, too many times? :-(

By Seth Finkelstein | posted in censorware | on May 18, 2007 12:14 PM (Infothought permalink)
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Comments


"What more is there for me to say, that I haven't said already, too many times?"

How to find or setup a good darknet?

Posted by: tqft at May 20, 2007 08:26 AM

But if that was public, it wouldn't be a darknet now, would it?

Anyway, he said it, I didn't:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/04/forget-youtube-go-to-these-sites-if-you-want-hard-core-copyright-infringing-content/

Posted by: Seth Finkelstein at May 20, 2007 11:30 AM