[LINK] Gillard backs internet filter

[Pilcher, Fred]

Richard wrote:

> - We celebrate those who "work around" barriers in other countries,
but
> forget the huge effort and risk involved. If someone finds a way to
get
> video out of a war zone, they should be celebrated. But it's difficult
> and dangers *because* governments are able to interfere with the
> Internet. We also ignore the huge political engagement involved in
> posting videos from Iran, or in propagating , or even propagating the
> Chinese "Grass Mud Horse".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/07/2946534.htm?section=world

" An American soldier suspected of leaking video footage of a US Apache
helicopter strike which killed civilians in Baghdad has been charged,
the US military said."

Fred 
  
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