Wednesday, July 13, 2011

China's heavy hand on the Net delights governments everywhere

Governments everywhere are watching, jealous they can't control the Net to this extent.

More than one million websites closed down in China last year, a state-run think tank has said.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said there were were 41% fewer websites at the end of 2010 than a year earlier.

Chinese officials have tightened regulations on the internet in recent years, and they launched a crackdown on pornography websites in 2009.

The academy's researcher said there was no link, insisting China had a "high level of freedom of online speech".


Compared to none, I guess anything would seem "high"

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