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Chinese and Thai YouTube Censorship: How They Do It
Source: FriskoDude

Exactly how the governments of China and Thailand censor YouTube videos has been a mystery until recently, when OpenNet Initiative looked at the code and found the lines where censorship can be forced.

Governments using filters to censor Internet, survey finds
Source: International Herald Tribune

With the aid of sophisticated software, government censorship of the Internet is spreading into a global phenomenon, with tech-savvy governments filtering forbidden themes from politics and human rights to sexuality and religion, according to a new academic survey of 40 countries …

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