[citw150] Re: CITW 150 L3 Q5

Nichole,

The Internet I believe is going to turn out to be the
biggest liberator of oppressed people.  The free flow
of ideas and knowledge is the biggest threat to
dictatorships.


--- Nichole Laverdiere <laverdieren79@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>   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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> Nichole Laverdiere  
> 
> Laverdieren79@xxxxxxxxx
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> 
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Chris Bonish
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