Burmese Bloggers By-Pass Censors


	Burmese Bloggers By-Pass Censors

invictus

9-27-2007 5:17 PM

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asia, burma, blogging, monks, censorship, journalism

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9-27-2007 9:48 PM

egoldstein

We can only hope that the power of the Internet to truly give power to the people will eventually bring about a better world that isn't controlled by horrible people who treat people horribly.

9-27-2007 9:55 PM

skwirlinator

Or will the internet be controlled by horrible people treating sheeple horribly?

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