Censorship

[jlabsher]

US helps Irani & Chinese websurfers see the net, but blocks sexual keywords, hmmm what is censorship?

 

[Kizzy]

Just another reason I'm glad to be American.

 

[Ken King]

Try viewing those items through a government server here in America. The PC Nazis will swoop in and snatch your machine and maybe your job.

 

[Sparx]

Originally posted by IM4Change
Just another reason I'm glad to be American.

Its happening right here in the USA too!

 

[FromTexas]

Originally posted by Sparx
Its happening right here in the USA too!

 

[ylexot]

Ken Berman, who oversees the China and Iran Internet projects at IBB, said Anonymizer came up with the list of dirty words. "We did not," Berman said. "Basically, we said, 'Implement a porn filter.' We were looking for serious, hard-core nasty stuff to block...I couldn't come up with a list (of off-limits words) if my life depended on it."

In an e-mail to the OpenNet Initiative on Monday morning, Berman defended the concept of filtering as a way to preserve bandwidth. "Since the U.S. taxpayers are financing this program...there are legitimate limits that may be imposed," his message said. "These limits are hardly restrictive in finding any and all human rights, pro-democracy, dissident and other sites, as well as intellectual, religious, governmental and commercial sites. The porn filtering is a trade-off we feel is a proper balance and that, as noted in your Web release, frees up bandwidth for other uses and users."

The U.S. government "asked us to filter broadly based on keywords to generally restrict" Web sites, says Lance Cottrell, founder and president of San Diego-based Anonymizer. "What they didn't want to get into was something complex, fine-grained filtering which is going to try to remove all the porn. What they wanted was something that would generally remove most of the adult content while not blocking most of the information that these people need."

Cottrell said Anonymizer would manually unblock non-pornographic Web sites if requested by Chinese or Iranian Net surfers. "Literally, we have never been contacted with a complaint about overbroad blocking," he said.

I don't see anything wrong.

 

[Warron]

Isn't this the same issue that was being discussed regarding filtering of computers in libraries a few months ago?

This is nothing more then one more of the many pathetic forms of hypocrisy being practiced every day.

 

[ylexot]

Originally posted by Warron
Isn't this the same issue that was being discussed regarding filtering of computers in libraries a few months ago?

This is nothing more then one more of the many pathetic forms of hypocrisy being practiced every day.

Hypocrisy? How so?

 

[vraiblonde]

What's interesting is that not long ago NOBODY could access the Internet and civilization wasn't in jeopardy.

The obvious solution is to get your own computer and your own internet connection. That way you don't have to worry about your boss getting pizzed.

As far as the Chinese and Iranians are concerned, why are we boofing around in their business? If they want to see porn on the net, tell them to overthrow their government and get free.

Since the U.S. taxpayers are financing this program

Anyone happen to catch this little ditty?

 

[jlabsher]

It is sponsored by VOA, remember them? Since VOA is pretty much defunct, we sought a manner to provide free unfettered information to the commies. What I find interesting is that we have taken sex out of the information they can get and in the process - by banning ass blocked usembassy, etc.

Ergo, by puritainizing the information they receive, we have cut off access to many sources of information that could be helpful.

 

[vraiblonde]

Originally posted by jlabsher
Ergo, by puritainizing the information they receive, we have cut off access to many sources of information that could be helpful.

I thought you were against the US interfering in the domestic policies of other nations?

 

[jlabsher]

Well, since this administration doesn't have a domestic policy for this country.....

Actually, the net is better than VOA, which was unmitigated propaganda. Give free access to all and let them decide, kind of like fox news

 

[ylexot]

I guess you didn't read the quotes I posted jlab...