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Access Denied by guanako on 09-12-2005 at 02:57 PM
some coutries that censor Web content - and what really offends them
SAUDI ARABIA (100% of porn sites blocked)
this conservative kingdom's goverment blocks porn and gambling sites, but not those of bloggers or religious fanatics.
OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT BLOCKED
gambling 92%
drugs 85%
anonymizers 67%
humor 37%
current political events 23%
A FEW OF THE OFFENDERS
army.mil
gayegypt.com
vietnampix.com
marijuana.com
sex.com
UZBEKISTAN (82% of porn sites blocked)
this nation blockes the sites os some Islamic movements, US govermental bodies, and independent media.
OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT BLOCKED
anonymizers 22%
gay issues 21%
provocative attire 19%
search engines 14%
humor 11%
A FEW OF THE OFFENDERS
crazyshit.com
beer.com
navy.com
ready.gov
gmail.com
allsearchengines.com
MYANMAR (65% of porn sites blocked)
given Myanmar's human rights record, it's not surpirsing that its leaders prevent citizens from visiting amnesty internationals web sites, more surprising: the number of free email services that are gagged
OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT BLOCKED
email 85%
gambling 24%
anonymizers 20%
encryption 20%
entertainment 19%
A FEW OF THE OFFENDERS
hotmail.com
mail.yahoo.com
disney.go.com
amnesty.org
ebay.com
imdb.com
people.aol.com/people
catholic.com
CHINA (39% of porn sites blocked)
china sensors mostly free speech sites and porn, but also goes to grreat lengths to prevent citizens from learning about Falun Gong and independence movements in Tibet and Taiwan
OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT BLOCKED
free web space 27%
current political events 17%
famous bloggers 14%
hate speech 13%
gay issues 11%
A FEW OF THE OFFENDERS
president.gov.tv
wikipedia.org
tsquad.tv
amnesty.org
groups.google.com
faludafa.org
news.bbc.co.uk
BAHRAIN (8% of porn sites blocked)
not much gets censored, but authorities recntly arrested three webmasters for operating sites critical of the goverment and the royal family
OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT BLOCKED
fanatical relegion 22%
blogging domains 5%
mainstream relegion 2%
A FEW OF THE OFFENDERS
playboy.com
weblogger.com
hinduunity.org
kahane.org
iskcon.org
SINGAPORE (0% of porn sites blocked)
thought its famous for its controlling regime. the country censors very little internet content. Why? instead of bloccking sites outright, observers believe the goverment tracks citizens' online activity and requires owners of relegious and political sites to register with the authorities.
info from wired magazine, up to the reader to try some of the websites mentioned above
RE: Access Denied by Anubis on 09-12-2005 at 03:37 PM
The internet is all about freedom of speach, and although people abuse this, there are a lot of people who use it to express their opinions in good ways. It's hard to censor it in full like these dodgy regiems try to, I really can't stand these governments who do stuff like that.
quote:OMG HAX!
Originally posted by guanako
observers believe the goverment tracks citizens' online activity
RE: Access Denied by _Humphreys on 09-12-2005 at 04:58 PM
It sounds like The Patriots plan from MGS 2 (that being filter anything that they don't want us knowing).
Yeah it's bs and people shouldn't stand for their government controling them.
RE: Access Denied by RaceProUK on 09-12-2005 at 07:20 PM
I can't see why one of those blocklists includes eBay.
RE: Access Denied by Millenium_edition on 09-12-2005 at 07:27 PM
quote:they block disney. enough said
Originally posted by raceprouk
I can't see why one of those blocklists includes eBay.
RE: Access Denied by saralk on 09-12-2005 at 07:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
I can't see why one of those blocklists includes eBay.
because of the varied content that you can get from eBay
RE: Access Denied by guanako on 09-12-2005 at 10:59 PM
why would they block gmail?
RE: Access Denied by brian on 09-12-2005 at 11:01 PM
Canada doesn't block anything at all, 
RE: Access Denied by guanako on 09-12-2005 at 11:02 PM
i dont think the us does either 
RE: Access Denied by [MR] on 09-13-2005 at 12:40 AM
quote:
Originally posted by guanako
A FEW OF THE OFFENDERS catholic.com
wtf!?
RE: Access Denied by guanako on 09-13-2005 at 01:42 AM
quote:thats cuse its not their relegion, so try avoid certain believes
Originally posted by MR_5_MR
quote:
Originally posted by guanako
A FEW OF THE OFFENDERS catholic.com
wtf!?
RE: Access Denied by RaceProUK on 09-13-2005 at 09:49 AM
quote:To limit freedom of expression.
Originally posted by guanako
why would they block gmail?
RE: Access Denied by shine on 09-13-2005 at 11:46 AM
Most of the the middle east countries block porn/un islamic websites..
Have you heard of Freenet ? You can publish anything without disclosing your identity. It will hit web soon. It uses a decentralized/dynamic storage, were parts data is stored at different locations. Even if the authorities sieze up a computer, they cannot identify the data. Data is send through web using 128 bit encryption. Data is not even searchable using google or any other search tools as it is encrypted.
Freenet is meant for people who dont have freedom of speech (in certain countries)... but can be easily misused
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RE: Access Denied by linx05 on 09-13-2005 at 02:02 PM
Two more countries added Maddox site to their block list.
RE: Access Denied by RaceProUK on 09-13-2005 at 05:06 PM
It's good to see free speech isn't being quashed in the Middle East </sarcasm>
I don't know much about Islam, but isn't one of the things to do with accepting people for who they are? Actually, that's probably common across all religions.