The Censorware ProjectExposing the secrets of censorware since 1997Slimming the Net, Open-Source Style- May 27, 2004 NewsForge has an article today on how U.S. and Open Source Censorship Slims the Net. Interesting quotes from censorware providers (it's better than governmental censorship, doncha know) and some discussion of whether open-source censorware is better than closed blacklists.Read more of this story at The Censorware Project.http://censorware.net/article.pl?sid=04/05/27/1517257&from=rss Back to 1996, Part II: the U.S. Government- May 3, 2004 The U.S. government, eager to show oppressed nations how we allow free speech, is blocking the people of China and Iran from accessing our embassies, drug education, email, and gay sites. Technology used by the IBB, which puts out the Voice of America broadcasts, prevents them from visiting Web addresses that include a peculiar list of verboten keywords. The list includes "ass" (which inadvertently bans usembassy.state.gov), "breast" (breastcancer.com), "hot" (hotmail.com and hotels.com),...http://censorware.net/article.pl?sid=04/05/03/175243&from=rss |