[LINK] Internet filtering plan may extend to peer-to-peer traffic, says Stephen Conroy

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:17 AM 23/12/2008, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> >> "In this context, claims that the Government's policy is analogous
> >> to the approach taken by countries such as Iran, China and Saudi
> >> Arabia are not justified."

Oh well. What was once unblocked is now blocked again.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/20/china-blocks-access-to-ne_n_152567.html
BEIJING ­ China has blocked access to the New 
York Times Web site, the newspaper said Saturday, 
days after the central government defended its 
right to censor online content it deems illegal.

Computer users who logged on in Beijing, Shanghai 
and Guangzhou received a message that the site 
was not available when they tried to connect on 
Friday morning, the paper said. Some users were 
cut of as early as Thursday evening, it said.

The Web site remained inaccessible from Beijing Saturday.

It was not clear if the move was meant to block 
specific content on the newspaper's Web site or 
if it was a return to stricter censorship of the 
Internet in general. Beijing loosened some media 
and Internet controls during the 2008 Summer 
Olympics _ gestures that were meant to show the 
international community that the games had 
brought greater freedom to the Chinese people.




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