Censorship beyond borders

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/apr/27/internet-restrictions-syria-us-sanctions

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While people have been able to get around government-imposed barriers on politically sensitive sites (as well as seemingly innocuous ones such as Facebook which was suddenly blocked 18 months ago) using programs on their PCs, a harsher form of restriction is being enforced from the US.

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Fulup  
Created by Fulup on 28 April 2009

Fulup's thoughts:

It is hard to square this policy with the 'leader of the free world' role. Sanctions that are not targerted are often stupid in their application.

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