Our Colony Moves To Censure Information
Iraq to impose controls on Internet
"BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has decided to crack down on Internet service providers and ban sites that incite violence or carry pornography, officials said Tuesday, a move that has been strongly criticized by freedom of speech advocates as a dangerous first step toward political censorship.
The plan to strengthen government control of content and usage will require Internet cafes — and later the service providers as well — to obtain licenses that are subject to government review and cancellation if compliance requirements are not met."
"Excuses of protecting national security or moral standards are unacceptable," the JFO said in a statement. "It is only being used to censor Internet service and control freedom of expression."
The group said the plan opens the door for tighter controls, particularly over political discussions, dissent or debate on issues that are sensitive to the government."
The cyber equivalent to the miles of walls the occupation put up in Baghdad.
"BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has decided to crack down on Internet service providers and ban sites that incite violence or carry pornography, officials said Tuesday, a move that has been strongly criticized by freedom of speech advocates as a dangerous first step toward political censorship.
The plan to strengthen government control of content and usage will require Internet cafes — and later the service providers as well — to obtain licenses that are subject to government review and cancellation if compliance requirements are not met."
"Excuses of protecting national security or moral standards are unacceptable," the JFO said in a statement. "It is only being used to censor Internet service and control freedom of expression."
The group said the plan opens the door for tighter controls, particularly over political discussions, dissent or debate on issues that are sensitive to the government."
The cyber equivalent to the miles of walls the occupation put up in Baghdad.
posted by nolocontendere at 11:27 PM
1 Comments:
Dependancy on the ISPs everywhere, especially in the US and its colonies, is close to human servitude and slavery to the machine. My com was just infected by a virus which won't let me log in, it keeps logging me out a split-second after the log in, and I have almost certainly determined that it came from my very own ISP (Verizon, which has a backroom of government fascists spying on its customers).
I knew that when the government used National Security as an excuse for putting their fascist military/Xtian fundies into every major ISP, it would be bad news for anyone that criticizes the government.
What they have done to me is catastrophic. All I have in this life is my work, which depends on my computer, and now, because of their virus, i don't even have that.
Btw, I've been working on this problem at the library for the past week, still no simple solution in sight.
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