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There are some countries that limit the access of people to the Internet
because they are worried that there may be too much influence against their
cultural or religious beliefs.
Examples : North Korea - A strictly communist country that allows almost no contact with the rest of the world. United Arab Emirates - An Islamic country that bans access to websites that are in conflict with their religious beliefs (gambling, pornography, dating etc).
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| China - Many websites
are blocked including sites about human rights, democracy and foreign news
sites.
Here is a site listing words blocked by China... |
The BBC News site is banned in China. | ||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_blocked_by_search_engines_in_Mainland_China
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| Other countries that exercise some forms of Internet
censorship include Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cuba, Jordan, Tunisia, Burma,
Singapore, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Kuwait, Vietnam, Syria, Iran, United Arab
Emirates and parts of Africa.
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Exercise : Investigate how some of
these countries are censoring the Internet and what sort of web sites
are being blocked. Hint : Use a search engine and look for Eg. "Internet censorship in Burma" |
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