The Great Firewall Of China. Explained.

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by Archit • 15 years ago

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IsaacL• 15 years ago

This seems mostly accurate from my knowledge of the Great Firewall, but some of the info seems out of date (maybe the video is old). For example: Wikipedia and BBC News have been unblocked for a while now.

ericHosick• 15 years ago

I find that "80% of Australians support the Govt. proposed clean feed internet filter" to be disturbing. The survey has to be wrong and/or I don't quite know what a "clean feed internet filter" is.

I had a professor in college who once said "What is source code? Well it is kinda like Porn. You know what it is when you see it but you can't quite describe it." Maybe the "clean feed internet filter" is something like that?

guelo• 15 years ago

According to wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australi...:

Having a mandatory Government Internet filter that would automatically block all access in Australia, to overseas websites containing material that is Refused Classification? Refused Classification was defined as Images and information about one or more of the following: child sexual abuse, bestiality, sexual violence, gratuitous, exploitative or offensive sexual fetishes, detailed instructions on or promotion of crime, violence or use of illegal drugs. 80% were in favour, 19% against.

MediaBehavior• 15 years ago

So, Aussies... is it working for you that child sexual abuse is being lumped together with "gratuitous (by whose standards?) ... or offensive (to whom?) sexual fetishes?

Not that I, personally, am not repulsed by them, but what about banning "promotion" of "...violence or use of illegal drugs?" Is this standard applied in your movie theaters, too. That would keep you "safe" from a lot of Hollywood's productions.

I don't mean to be hard on Aussies - since wide swaths of U.S. population might vote for such censorship. I'm just wondering whether such tight, subjective control is the norm down under?

dvfer• 15 years ago

Well... from a positive perspective, it creates so many jobs. Pointless and a job hated by people around the world. At least no one's dying... or is it a good thing no one's dying?

The Great Firewall Of China. Explained.

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