[brlug-general] Fwd: Alarm! Political Censorship of Email.

[Petri Laihonen]

Yes. I know it is sensitive topic around here.....like many other 
things.... that's why I picked it up as a very good example. :-)

Petri


Andrew Baudouin wrote:
> Al Jazeera: The unbiased news of the Middle East.
>
>
> :(
>
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> From: *Petri Laihonen* < pietu at weblizards.net 
> <mailto:pietu at weblizards.net>>
> Date: Sep 20, 2007 12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Alarm! Political Censorship of Email.
> To: general at brlug.net <mailto:general at brlug.net>
>
> Another example of censorship is blocking the access to the websites 
> outside of us for unskewed information. For example, Al Jazeera during 
> the height of the Iraqi war. (Now the access is "enabled" to the parts 
> not censored out.)
>
> A friend of mine, Born and bread here in New Orleans, was trying to 
> keep up with the real information from the region, and was unable to 
> get it directly from US. He had to go via proxy servers in other 
> countries in order to access the website.
>
> Petri
>
> PS. hmm new word....  I had to look up the word "insidious" from the 
> web....
>
>
> willhill wrote:
>> Censorship is insidious.  There will never be a more clear sign than the 
>> TruthOut case.  
>>
>> Network and software freedom are the only cure.
>>
>> On Thursday 20 September 2007 11:33 am, Tim Fournet wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> ...And surprisingly enough...... it arrived without being censored!
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