Web Site Takes on Repressive Government

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Web Site Takes on Repressive Government

September 29, 2003 San Mateo Times

Francine Brevetti 9.29.2003

As developing countries increasingly acknowledge the importance of high technology to their economies, those with centralized economies nevertheless tend to restrict their populations' Internet access.

This typifies the approaches of the governments of Burma, China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and, to some degree, Singapore.

China, for instance, arrested a Web surfer last week who expressed his anti-government sentiments in chat rooms.

This past May, the Iranian government blocked access to a reported 15,000 Web sites. An unknown number are foreign news sites that would give Iranians access to news unmanipulated by the government in Tehran.

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Cracking down on the internet is typical of repressive centralizing governments.