China's determination to police the Internet in any and every way it sees fit seems to have no bounds. The country's officials have outdone themselves this time by ordering all public spaces offering Wi-Fi access to install specific software police can use to identify people using the service, state media said today according to the Associated Free Press.
Censorship is present everywhere, but you can't compare censorship in countries like Iran, North Korea and China to countries like US, Canada, Western Europe, and etc. Totalitarian and one-party regimes only survive in an environment of oppression and censorship.Originally Posted by linkin93;14398526
And the US and other governments don't do this already? I'd be surprised if they didn't.
The thing is, you hear about this in other countries, about other countries, but you go there and ask the citizens and it's "Nah they'd never do it here in the good ol USA" - go to China and it'll be "Nah, no such thing here in the Motherland"
Really? How so?Originally Posted by Phaedrus2129;14398674
The US government requires similar measures put in place on every ISP's main servers.
Go back to sleep. OBEY. Good boy.Originally Posted by Dwood;14397875
do nothing wrong, have nothing to worry bout....i guess..
lol, and do you know WHY they're doing that? i figure you're still pretty young, so u don't actually think nor see things in a whole picture, but china, or any country with their ability, they'd do the same. why? because, 1 - china' whom holds the largest population in the world, themselves will question, "why must we use others product? yes, even tho its popular, good; BUT if we can make our own product-similar, providing the same features, why not"? this goes to show that a country shall not follow other countries if they haev talented ppl in their own. making every talent count. but this again, like all things therse a up and down side. so pls, be a lil more open minded.Originally Posted by Clipze;14398929
the US government removes sites after they have been in court and served a seize notice.
the Chinese government has zero human rights, consistent propaganda by filtering, modifying, and blocking sites and services like google, skype, ebay, and replacing them with their own "substitute".
This is not a "point of view", this is a fact
I just felt like this needed to be quoted to make sure the people that skipped a page could read itOriginally Posted by born2bwild;14398558
This is absolutely horrid; I'm appalled that some people even make the connection between the immense censorship in China versus the situation in the US. Censorship in China is rampant, and it is very strongly applied by the ruthless Chinese authoritarian government.
People in China easily get imprisoned and even killed for any claims against the government, its leaders or its agenda. The Chinese government even censors every day news to fit its own agenda, the train crash being a recent example.
In the US, free speech is allowed and fully protected with countless sites criticizing the government (and its leaders); you could only get in trouble perhaps for copyright infringements, but that is barely upheld and the most you can get is a few thousand dollar fine.
Censorship is present everywhere, but you can't compare censorship in countries like Iran, North Korea and China to countries like US, Canada, Western Europe, and etc. Totalitarian and one-party regimes only survive in an environment of oppression and censorship.
Besides, most educated people in all the countries rampant with censorship are fully aware of the situation.
That is not entirely true anymore. I don't know if you've heard about the train accident that happened a few days ago in China, but there was an outrage being expressed on their facebook counterpart (waidu or something like that) with over 500000 posts in 24 hours regarding the slow answer of the government. And the posts are still there. The Chinese premier went there himself (this has never been heard of since the massive earthquake in the Sichuan province). They tried to change the focus of the discussion by showing the 'heroics' of the rescue teams on the state own TV, to no avail. The discussion is still going on against the government and they are not censoring it.Originally Posted by Clipze;14398929
the US government removes sites after they have been in court and served a seize notice.
the Chinese government has zero human rights, consistent propaganda by filtering, modifying, and blocking sites and services like google, skype, ebay, and replacing them with their own "substitute".
This is not a "point of view", this is a fact
lol, very nice findOriginally Posted by AzO;14399088
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSQozWP-rM
I think EVERY government does this. I dont think any internet user has.. "privacy"Originally Posted by yannickhk;14397254
No offense to you guys, but the US has become far worth than China when it gets to censorship and spying on the internet ...
You'd be surprised mate. All the bold have been done in the US and just about everywhere else in the world.Originally Posted by born2bwild;14398558
This is absolutely horrid; I'm appalled that some people even make the connection between the immense censorship in China versus the situation in the US. Censorship in China is rampant, and it is very strongly applied by the ruthless Chinese authoritarian government.
People in China easily get imprisoned and even killed for any claims against the government, its leaders or its agenda. The Chinese government even censors every day news to fit its own agenda, the train crash being a recent example.
In the US, free speech is allowed and fully protected with countless sites criticizing the government (and its leaders); you could only get in trouble perhaps for copyright infringements, but that is barely upheld and the most you can get is a few thousand dollar fine.
Censorship is present everywhere, but you can't compare censorship in countries like Iran, North Korea and China to countries like US, Canada, Western Europe, and etc. Totalitarian and one-party regimes only survive in an environment of oppression and censorship.
Besides, most educated people in all the countries rampant with censorship are fully aware of the situation.
Censorship for me, preventing kids from watching pr0n or taking out a bomb making website is more important.Originally Posted by Hueristic;14399549
Sorry guys but you can't argue oranges and apples.Spying(Datamining) is one topic and censorship is another.One may win out on one while not the other. Way to much to think about here.
Originally Posted by iewgnem;14399790
Pity not those who can see the walls,