Just follow law.. Have you watched the comedy movie? Speaking of law, that reminds me of the government policies concerning internet censorship law which varies all around the country. Throughout the years, the law and policies of online censorship has developed drastically from pace to pace. Members of Parliament and politician are always busy having their debates on how to further improved the laws of online censorship.
Different governmental approach have been carried out to deal with Internet content that is illegal, or is unsuitable for minors, followed by sections containing more detailed information about various countries.
As at March 2002, government policies concerning censorship of the Internet has been broadly grouped into four categories:
Government policy to encourage Internet industry self-regulation and end-user voluntary use of filtering/blocking technologies.
This approach is taken in the United Kingdom, Canada, and a number of Western European countries. It also appears to be the current approach in New Zealand where applicability of offline classification/censorship laws to content on the Internet seems less than clear.
This apply to illegal Internet content such as child pornography and incitement to racial hatred.
Criminal law penalties (fines or jail terms) applicable to content providers who make content "unsuitable for minors" available online.
Hey, bloggers.. never underestimate the government's authority and power. For instance, the recent case that alerted our country is Negarakuku and Raja Petra. Wee Meng Chee had changed the lyrics of "Negaraku", create a video and upload it to youtube.. He eventually changed the national anthem from "Negaraku" to "Negarakuku".. The government think that it had insulted the national anthem.. Hence, Wee had been questioned by the police.. How about Raja Petra? Raja Petra published a seditious article at the blog and he was charged by the prosecution for sedition charge...
Government mandated blocking of access to content deemed unsuitable for adults.
For instance, China disallow viewing of any content related to democracy. The new rules include a long list of banned content prohibiting writings that reveal state secrets, hurt China's reputation or advocate the overthrow of communism, ethnic separatism or 'evil cults.' What else, pornography and violence is of course forbidden too. According to Associated Press,"China has issued its most intrusive Internet controls to date, ordering service providers to screen private e-mail for political content and holding them responsible for subversive postings on their Web sites. ...
Government prohibition of public access to the Internet.
One of the distinstive country is Myanmar whereby 7-15 year jail sentence would be imposed for unauthorised ownership of modem. The speed of network connection in Myanmar is extremely slow which will definitely drive the user insane. Just imagine, loading a web page..and it would takes up to ten minutes just to load the web page..Doesn't it makes you insane??? I would not want to surf the net if it need to takes up to ten minutes for browser to load the web page.. Will you? I bet not.. XD
Kindly drop your comments.. =)
Different governmental approach have been carried out to deal with Internet content that is illegal, or is unsuitable for minors, followed by sections containing more detailed information about various countries.
As at March 2002, government policies concerning censorship of the Internet has been broadly grouped into four categories:
Government policy to encourage Internet industry self-regulation and end-user voluntary use of filtering/blocking technologies.
This approach is taken in the United Kingdom, Canada, and a number of Western European countries. It also appears to be the current approach in New Zealand where applicability of offline classification/censorship laws to content on the Internet seems less than clear.
This apply to illegal Internet content such as child pornography and incitement to racial hatred.
Criminal law penalties (fines or jail terms) applicable to content providers who make content "unsuitable for minors" available online.
Hey, bloggers.. never underestimate the government's authority and power. For instance, the recent case that alerted our country is Negarakuku and Raja Petra. Wee Meng Chee had changed the lyrics of "Negaraku", create a video and upload it to youtube.. He eventually changed the national anthem from "Negaraku" to "Negarakuku".. The government think that it had insulted the national anthem.. Hence, Wee had been questioned by the police.. How about Raja Petra? Raja Petra published a seditious article at the blog and he was charged by the prosecution for sedition charge...
Government mandated blocking of access to content deemed unsuitable for adults.
For instance, China disallow viewing of any content related to democracy. The new rules include a long list of banned content prohibiting writings that reveal state secrets, hurt China's reputation or advocate the overthrow of communism, ethnic separatism or 'evil cults.' What else, pornography and violence is of course forbidden too. According to Associated Press,"China has issued its most intrusive Internet controls to date, ordering service providers to screen private e-mail for political content and holding them responsible for subversive postings on their Web sites. ...
Government prohibition of public access to the Internet.
One of the distinstive country is Myanmar whereby 7-15 year jail sentence would be imposed for unauthorised ownership of modem. The speed of network connection in Myanmar is extremely slow which will definitely drive the user insane. Just imagine, loading a web page..and it would takes up to ten minutes just to load the web page..Doesn't it makes you insane??? I would not want to surf the net if it need to takes up to ten minutes for browser to load the web page.. Will you? I bet not.. XD
Kindly drop your comments.. =)
online censorship is a complicated topic...
ReplyDeletebut i starting understand whats about online censorship after i read this article... thanks a lot..
I can't figure out why the government are still having some of the censorship issues? Internet users will always find ways to cut off the law and do some of the not so good things and ended up like the "Negaraku" guy case...and people are willing to take the risk.
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ReplyDeleteYeah.. people whom lives in 3rd world country often face problems connecting to the internet. Oh well.. i must say it makes a huge different whether or not the government and the people are traditionalism. I must say a country will definitely make a huge improvement with easy internet access.
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