[citw150] CITW 150 L3 Q5

  The topic that I have chosen is Nationalism and Isolationism. Some countries 
have strict laws pertaining to the internet.  France for example has laws in 
place that extend to the internet.  France is working to modify laws concerning 
advertisements in the French language.  Iraq on the other hand was under very 
extreme laws when Suddam Hussain was still in power.  He banned the internet in 
the whole country.
  China on the other hand allows the government to monitor e-mail and other 
online activities.  I think most governments monitor online activity to an 
extent.  They need to in order to convict people for stalking and illegally 
downloading.  I agree that government does need to monitor and convict people 
of genuine internet crimes.  These are crimes like child pornography and 
stalking.  
  China however has gone to the extreme with monitoring and convicting people 
who post sites or send e-mails concerning corruption and Human Rights issues.  
The Internet filtering programs and laws are some of the most sophisticated in 
the world according to an article concerning the Internet filtering in China 
found at: http://www.opennetinitiative.net/studies/china/.  They are abusing 
their power to monitor e-mail and internet activity in order to cover 
corruption and human rights problems in China. One example is the trial of 
Huangq Qi.  He was imprisoned for 5 years for posting information concerning 
these issues in China.  He is not alone there have been at least 54 more trials 
and imprisonments similar to Huang Qi?s according to an article concerning 
Microsoft providing the Filtering program used by China?s government:  
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/56591/
   
  I agree with all of the articles that I have found concerning China?s 
filtering of e-mail and Internet usage.  This is censoring of a country.  The 
people of China are being mislead because they are not allowed to read anything 
pertaining to their government, that is not posted by the government itself.








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