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Website censorship: be careful what you wish for

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socrates
socrates Original post #1
Nov 9, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Some thoroughly depressing and thoroughly predictable news from The Guardian: two-thirds of UK adults think social networks should be shut down during riots.They're in good company, because David Cameron thinks that's a good idea too.
Website censorship: be careful what you wish for | News | TechRadar

This article might not look relevant to us but remember most of our netas/babus also think that the internet should be controlled or at least policed.
thetechfreak
Nov 9, 2011 at 1:23 PM
No use shutting them down. There are infinite number of alternate proxies and Dns available.
socrates
Nov 9, 2011 at 1:29 PM
But if any state puts it might behind this, they can do it. We only have to look around us in this part of the world to see how its done.
d6bmg
d6bmg #4
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:10 PM
No use shutting them down. There are infinite number of alternate proxies and Dns available.

Those people think about sutting them down, do know little about 'present' internet. :grin:
Extreme Gamer
Nov 9, 2011 at 9:17 PM
The great firewall of china needs to be attacked e-ICBMs :D

Nuke Beijing to teach them a lesson.
bubusam13
Nov 9, 2011 at 10:25 PM
In India also few sites are banned. You cant excess them without a proxy but even if you access them somehow, you won't be punished lf get caught. In China is not so.
Extreme Gamer
Nov 9, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Combine NATO, Russia, India.
Liverpool_fan
Nov 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM
And kill innocent people? lol? Geez you make the point full for why people should be censored in the internet.