Report highlights blog censorship

by AlanEvans | October 16, 2007 at 09:50 am
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Bloggers are now finding themselves prey to censorship from repressive governments as much as journalists in traditional media, a report says.

Reporters Without Borders' annual study of press freedom says China is one of the worst offenders, having imprisoned 50 people for postings on the internet.

The report says governments realise the internet is now a key tool in promoting democracy and are moving to curb it.

Eritrea was ranked bottom on overall press freedom by the pressure group.

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PEP
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at 10:11 on October 16th, 2007

AlanEvans, good stuff. There's overt and covert censorship.

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at 02:35 on October 17th, 2007

AlanEvans, There are many things wrong with democracy but one of its blessings is relatively free speech. Good stuff.

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