No Surprise! More Countries Filtering Online Content - GoFuckYourself.com

SykkBoy · 05-18-2007, 12:34 PM

As more people use the Internet to inform themselves, more governments around the world want to filter what they read, according to an academic study.

State-based Internet filtering is on the rise -- not only in the sheer number of governments engaging in content filtering but also in the scope of the material they're blocking, according to the report, which was presented Friday at a conference in Oxford, England.

The year-long study is the work of the OpenNet Initiative (ONI), launched by four universities: Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford and Toronto.

"There is a very clear trajectory from less filtering to more filtering, and it's happening in a more sophisticated fashion," said co-author John Palfrey, executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.

Palfrey pointed to a rise in the number of specific Internet Web sites and services being blocked by governments, such as Skype, which provides VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service, the user-generated video site YouTube, and the searchable maps and satellite imagery application Google Earth.

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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...y/article.html

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I'm not really surprised by what's been happening and the fact it will keep happening more and more with other countries jumping in too...

Tzolkin · 05-18-2007, 12:40 PM

yeah......

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 05-18-2007, 02:08 PM

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Mutt · 05-18-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

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i love that pic

SykkBoy · 05-18-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

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damnit, now I have that theme song stuck in my head...

TheJimmy · 05-18-2007, 02:28 PM

time to reg sykknet for the rest-of-us...at some point there will be a need to create the new (old) internet as big media and governments fuckup the platform we're sitting on now...

SykkBoy · 05-18-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TheJimmy

time to reg sykknet for the rest-of-us...at some point there will be a need to create the new (old) internet as big media and governments fuckup the platform we're sitting on now...

Heyman, long time no talk

yeah, time to put the sykknet into action

TheJimmy · 05-18-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SykkBoy2

Heyman, long time no talk

yeah, time to put the sykknet into action

Been quite a while fooo shooo...hope all is well in sykk town.

Good thread btw, really sad to see how this wonderful experiment's doors are slowly shutting and becoming more traditional/media/locked :/

SykkBoy · 05-18-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TheJimmy

Been quite a while fooo shooo...hope all is well in sykk town.

Good thread btw, really sad to see how this wonderful experiment's doors are slowly shutting and becoming more traditional/media/locked :/

Yeah, things are great here

Yeah, I probably should have made it a picture thread...wait, we have a picture of Bear In The Big Blue House in the thread...that's kinda sexy...

...but on a more serious note, it is getting worse with the filtering and censorship. It feels like it will just become another part of the big media machine....carefully controlled

Pleasurepays · 05-18-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SykkBoy2

Heyman, long time no talk

yeah, time to put the sykknet into action

i was just talking about you yesterday on ICQ with MikeAI....

"everytime i think of crappy lyrics, i think of Vick... everytime i think of crappy movies, i think of Sykkboy"

true story

SykkBoy · 05-18-2007, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheJimmy

Been quite a while fooo shooo...hope all is well in sykk town.

Good thread btw, really sad to see how this wonderful experiment's doors are slowly shutting and becoming more traditional/media/locked :/

Yeah, things are great here

Yeah, I probably should have made it a picture thread...wait, we have a picture of Bear In The Big Blue House in the thread...that's kinda sexy...

...but on a more serious note, it is getting worse with the filtering and censorship. It feels like it will just become another part of the big media machine....carefully controlled

SykkBoy · 05-18-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

i was just talking about you yesterday on ICQ with MikeAI....

"everytime i think of crappy lyrics, i think of Vick... everytime i think of crappy movies, i think of Sykkboy"

true story

hahaha, good to be remembered for something ;-)

seeric · 05-18-2007, 03:02 PM

its only going to get worse. the rest of the world isnt guaranteed free speech. sucks in a big way.

IllTestYourGirls · 05-18-2007, 04:17 PM

The US is one small step away from blocking a lot of things.

SykkBoy · 05-19-2007, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls

The US is one small step away from blocking a lot of things.

Yup
this isn't just an "evil" country trying to block a few sites...this is starting to become a world wide issue

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