A report by an online rights organisation has claimed that many folks are not being allowed free speech or anti goverment points of view online, some even being jailed after making them .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4973114.stmRepressive regimes are taking full advantage of the net's ability to censor and stifle reform and debate, reveals a report.
Written by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) pressure group the report highlights the ways governments threaten the freedom of the press.
The report has a section dedicated to the internet and the growing roster of nations censoring online life.
RSF estimates that 62 people in China have been jailed for what they said online.
Net users have also been jailed in Egypt, Iran, Libya, the Maldives, Syria, Tunisia and Vietnam.
Where China has led, other nations are following and taking active steps to filter the net before it gets to their citizens. Zimbabwe is reportedly buying technology directly from China to beef up its censorship efforts.
Many other nations, including Burma, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Nepal, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam censor the net.
Its a sad fact that a power hungry few decide the online "rules of the road" for the rest of us and for my time in using the internet its been a great place to learn more from others about their cultures, beliefs and even the occasional snippet of their language.
Attempting to stifle the normal human desire to communicate freely is only for the very brave or the very stupid and is the real reason I heavily support WinMX.
A decentralised system is a way for the system users to regulate themselves and decide as to the rules to be followed online, if only the politicians where as savvy as our community.
