Censorship of the internet

[Peachtree Pam]

From WMR:<br><br>October 23, 2005 -- Internet censorship. Its real. Google is one of its major facilitators. Internet censorship began with the goal of blocking access to "indecent" web sites. It has now blossomed into a full scale attempt by the U.S. government and its global political and corporate allies to control political content and speech on the web.<br><br>How Google is censoring in the United States and other countries.<br><br>Focus point: Google censorship in China.<br><br><br><br>Excerpt from Handbook of Personal Data Protection (Wayne Madsen, 1992, Stockton Press and Macmillan): "Our history tells us much about our future. Just as handicraftsmen, known as 'Ludds' or 'Luddites,' traveled around England in the early 1800s and destroyed textile machines because they felt that such technology threatened their way of life, computer hackers may band together to become modern-day Luddites. Intrusive computer technology may also rekindle the spirit of the 19th century anarchists who felt that governments were only interested in controlling the people . . . the public may look to computer hackers who destroy data in computer systems as 'freedom fighters' and not as dangerous members of society."<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/">www.waynemadsenreport.com/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[marykmusic]

It's beyond simply blocking sites; read this story about how the FCC is trying to make universities, cities, and others upgrade their email systems so people can be eavesdropped upon even easier: <br><br>" The action, which the government says is intended to help catch terrorists and other criminals, has unleashed protests and the threat of lawsuits from universities, which argue that it will cost them at least $7 billion while doing little to apprehend lawbreakers. Because the government would have to win court orders before undertaking surveillance, the universities are not raising civil liberties issues.<br><br> "The order, issued by the Federal Communications Commission in August and first published in the Federal Register last week, extends the provisions of a 1994 wiretap law not only to universities, but also to libraries, airports providing wireless service and commercial Internet access providers."<br><br>The rest is here: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102305G.shtml" target="top">Colleges Protest Call to Upgrade Online Systems</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> --MaryK <p></p><i></i>