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Report: Numerous Governments Enacting Internet Censorship
Posted by Regeneration on May 21st, 2007, 03:18 PM

According to a recent report conducted by University of Toronto, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, 26 of 40 countries surveyed utilize some degree of state-sponsored software filtering. China, Iran, Syria, Tunisia, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Morocco, and Singapore were mentioned as countries actively filtering its citizens.

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I'm surprised to see Singapore on tha
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its illegal to do this in a democratic nation, as those nations are supposed to be free,.. restricting web access is an impedance on freedom,.. and requires that such a action be put through a referendum.
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Originally Posted by squall_leonhart View Post
its illegal to do this in a democratic nation, as those nations are supposed to be free,.. restricting web access is an impedance on freedom,.. and requires that such a action be put through a referendum.
True Squall but this has been going on for years and includes media as well. Even in countries like the USA
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True Squall but this has been going on for years and includes media as well. Even in countries like the USA
thats because the USA doesn't have real democracy, it has a pesudo democracy as the people of the USA are to complacent as to step up and ask the tough questions.

if such things ever happened here.... i'd lead the raid in parliament house to overthrow the government

having the bible so intertwined with the way it is run doesn't help matters either... church and politics don't mix.. and the USA is proof of this.
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