Internet watchdog warns of Censorship expansion


	Internet watchdog warns of Censorship expansion

pokkets

5-27-2007 9:57 PM

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crnsorship, freedom of informatoion, democracy, internet, freefom, human rights, free speech, ignorance, education, university of toronto

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"The price of freedom is eternal Vigilance" John. F. Kennedy.
Who is watching the watchers ? We are.

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<P></P><PRE wrap=""><FONT size="2"><P>Allison Hanes</P><P>National Post</P><P>Wednesday, May 23, 2007</P><P>The unbridled freedom that once characterized the Internet is </P><P>gradually being reined in by states -- democratic and authoritarian </P><P>alike--as cyberspace is increasingly viewed as a strategic, </P><P>geopolitical frontier, according to the Canadian co-author of a new </P><P>international report.</P><P>Waning are the days of the World Wide Web as a free-for-all of </P></FONT></PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=267"><P>"Particularly since 2001, there's been a growing recognition of the </P><P>way in which the Internet has facilitated all sorts of unintended </P><P>consequences that these states find threatening, in particular the </P><P>mobilization of opposition movements, militants, extremists networks, </P><P>human rights information that exposes what non-democratic states do," </P><P>Prof. Deibert said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=267">What began in 2002</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=267"><P>has now been expanded into the world's freedom-of- </P><P>information watchdog, keeping tabs on some 26 jurisdictions from </P><P>Australia to Zimbabwe.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E0C7AC41-FE40-4E18-BF49-6C57616A3B89/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>