censorship..(again!)

The Great Firewall of China provides an update on China's internet censorship situation, linking to a fascinating piece of research done about exactly what sites are and are not blocked etc.

Its amazing what joys you can find crawling the net. Actually its amazing I could download the report too! Find it here. Actually i agree with most of it, especially that commerical competition is encouraging people/companies to take more risks about crossing the (often, self inflicted) line.

Lots of interesting stuff about blocking of emails, weblogs, University BBSs etc. or at least i think so!

p.s. There certainly is a strong argument for protecting children from the internet, from violent games and from the general 'internet obsessed' culture that can be bad for them; i think one of the main reasons for closing down internet cafes in the past has been because of the movies, games etc which they were providing access for children.