The Enemies of the Internet

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Hi all

Some of you may be interested in this report from Reporters Sans
Frontieres, but it seems the report is only available for purchase.

Cheers
David

The Enemies of the Internet
On 28 February, RSF and transfert.net will jointly issue a report on
Freedom expression on the Internet. You'll be able to buy this report
from www.00h00.com

Sitting in a cybercafé, a single person can tell the whole world
about repression in their country. In just a few minutes, a newspaper
suffering from censorship can publish its articles on French or
American servers. The Internet has radically changed the traditional
balance of power between governments and those who produce
information. Governments are on the defensive; they all want the
Internet, but dream of a network under their control. This dilemma
has engendered an arsenal of repressive solutions. This report
provides an inventory of the restrictions implemented to block the
free circulation of information in 59 countries. North Korea, China,
Saudi Arabia, and many others. The most authoritarian regimes apply
their censorship with the greatest zeal, because they have the
feeling that they are in a race for time against cyber-dissidence. In
western democracies, the fear of a libertarian Internet has led to
repeated attempts to fetter it with laws and regulations. No country
can truly control the Internet, but the technological race that pits
the "enemies of the Internet" against those fighting for freedom is
permanent. 

See http://www.rsf.fr/uk/homennemis.html for more information on the
report and Reporters Sans Frontieres.

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