Internet: I almost take it for Granted
Search Falun Gong on google.cn and then search the same term on say google.co.in and see the difference. I got this idea from a BBC article and I am quoting a part that I found striking:
In some countries the controls are obvious and oppressive - everyone who wants to use the internet in Cuba must register with the government, bloggers in Iran are gaoled and their websites are blocked, and governments from Saudi Arabia to Singapore decide which websites their citizens can see.In other countries it's a bit more subtle. Search for Falun Gong using Yahoo in China and you'll find that the results list is rather sparse and consists mostly of government-sponsored sites which oppose the group.
And will someone please tell the BBC that in their story Net Firms Face Grilling on China they have a PDF link to a 'Surveying Internet use and Impact in Five Chinese Cities' that is broken, at least for the readers from India. Can they please fix it?
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posted by Mridula at 4:10 PM
8 Comments:
mridula, That was amazing. I didn,t know it was like that! I thot everyone had the same quality of access.
it's like 2 diff, stories.
I linked this post so more people can see this article. :) I tried to link to some thing at google.cn, but, was not sucessful
:)
Link on BBC site works for me (in Belgium) - but how could this be country-specific? Are you sure your pdf reader is up-to-date?
Anyway, if you want to report it, there is a "contact us" button at the top of the page (right-hand side).
Interesting, the differences between google sites although easy enough to circumvent when you know about them - unless of course you happen to be IN a country like China!
the bbc pdf d/l is working fine.
censorship like this is abominable.
I am ashamed to admit this, but I didn’t even realize that governments could block certain websites throughout the entire country. Clearly, I don’t know enough about how the Internet works.
Man, what an awful form of censorship! I couldn’t imagine not getting the global perspective the net affords me. I love to troll foreign newspapers that are in English, especially. I think it’s important to know what the rest of the world is concerned with.
Google's recent china policies sucks - esp coming from a company that harps itself "do no evil" - they are doing just that. Its time google left such phony taglines and admitted they are a profit making company.
Good post.
I agree w/ Supremus. Google (like all big companys-Corp.) is just a money making machine. There is no human interest involved except how to get our hard earned dollars.
the whole World is finding out what real capitolism is about(sadly)
following your 100 rupee travel-saga with interest. about the mike helyar link, thanks.
what's the meaning of leaving cryptic comments at 'other india'. your pov would have been interesting....
take a break from your travels, for a short rest, and please write on whatever you left unsaid..
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