Yes. I know it is sensitive topic around here.....like many other things.... that's why I picked it up as a very good example. :-)
Petri Andrew Baudouin wrote: > Al Jazeera: The unbiased news of the Middle East. > > > :( > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Petri Laihonen* < pietu at weblizards.net > <mailto:pietu at weblizards.net>> > Date: Sep 20, 2007 12:44 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Alarm! Political Censorship of Email. > To: general at brlug.net <mailto:general at brlug.net> > > Another example of censorship is blocking the access to the websites > outside of us for unskewed information. For example, Al Jazeera during > the height of the Iraqi war. (Now the access is "enabled" to the parts > not censored out.) > > A friend of mine, Born and bread here in New Orleans, was trying to > keep up with the real information from the region, and was unable to > get it directly from US. He had to go via proxy servers in other > countries in order to access the website. > > Petri > > PS. hmm new word.... I had to look up the word "insidious" from the > web.... > > > willhill wrote: >> Censorship is insidious. There will never be a more clear sign than the >> TruthOut case. >> >> Network and software freedom are the only cure. >> >> On Thursday 20 September 2007 11:33 am, Tim Fournet wrote: >> >> >>> ...And surprisingly enough...... it arrived without being censored! >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20070920/775687e9/attachment.html
