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U.S. could help disrupt China's Internet censorship...we be able to use Twitter freely?" In response, Mr. Obama, speaking at a town hall in Shanghai, did not directly address China's massive Internet censorship operation -- "the firewall" -- and he confessed that he does not use Twitter. In this article: Barack Obama, State Department, Twitter, China, Internet censorship, U.S., Appropriation, and Fiscal year |
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AP Online | 3 days ago
NJ man sentenced in Scientology cyber attack
...attacked Scientology Web sites as part of Anonymous, an underground group that protests the Church of Scientology, accusing it of Internet censorship. Guzner has denied being a group member. Prosecutors say hackers conducted a denial of...
In this article: Church of Scientology, New Jersey, and Verona
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PC World: Latest Technology News | 4 days ago
China Defends Internet Censorship After Obama Lauds Openness
...principles are unique to America, but rather they are universal rights, and they should be available to all peoples, and to all ethnic and religious minorities." 0 No "China Defends Internet Censorship After Obama Lauds Openness" Comments
In this article: Barack Obama, China, Hu Jintao, Beijing, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, U.S., and Shanghai
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Wall Street Journal: Politics and Policy | 5 days ago
Obama Pushes for Internet Freedom in China
...Community As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: SHANGHAI -- President Barack Obama made a pitch for Internet freedom in China Monday, even as the audience for his comments was limited by China's...
In this article: Barack Obama, People's Republic of China, White House, Shanghai, U.S., Democracy, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Internet Freedom, and Taiwan
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Obama Speaks against Internet Censorship, but is Beijing Listening?
...of Shame," and says the country has the most vast and comprehensive system of its kind in the world. The day before Obama spoke out on Internet censorship, officials from the United Nations were reportedly doing their best to support the...
In this article: Barack Obama, China, Twitter, Microsoft, United Nations, Itunes, U.S., and Beijing
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America.gov | 5 days ago
Societies Free of Internet Censorship Are Stronger, Obama Says
President Obama greets students after speaking at a town hall-style event at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai. Washington - The free flow of information on the Internet builds a stronger society, encourages creativity and...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, China, Democracy, Climate change, Shanghai, Global warming, Museum of Science and Technology, and Twitter
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Reuters | November 06, 2009
Internet censorship seen liable to WTO challenge
...with 298 million people online, overtook the United States in numbers of Internet users in 2008, the study said. BUSINESS IMPACT Internet censorship can have a serious impact on businesses, it said, noting how local search engine Baidu,...
In this article: World Trade Organization, Baidu, Google, China, Ecipe, United States, and Antigua
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Internet censorship is control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet. The legal issues are similar to offline censorship.
One difference is that national borders are more permeable online: residents of a country that bans certain information can find it on websites hosted outside the country. A government can try to prevent its citizens from viewing these even if it has no control over the websites themselves.
Filtering can be based on a blacklist or be dynamic. In the case of a blacklist, that list is usually not published. The list may be produced manually or automatically.
Barring total control on Internet-connected computers, such as in North Korea, total censorship of information on the Internet is very difficult (or impossible) to achieve due to the underlying distributed technology of the Internet. Pseudonymity and data havens (such as Freenet) allow unconditional free speech, as the technology guarantees that material cannot be removed and the author of any information is impossible to link to a physical identity or organization.
In November 2007, "Father of the Internet" Vint Cerf stated that he sees Government-led control of the Internet failing due to private ownership.
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