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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