Social Net – Censored Net ?!?!?

Posted by Giselle on May 7, 2009

The internet has indeed become one of the most sociable technological wonders the world over yet it has been also subject to controversy time and time again. in countries where the government seeks to control the influx and outflow on information, it is censored and filtered, maybe using keywords or user name databases to block and deny access to them. The upcoming anniversary of the Tienanmen Square Events is sure to get some attention from the Chinese authorities and in the past, Iran has done some filtering of their own when elections and other events of international significance tends to be cut-off from the rest of the internet.
The web has been censored and filtered since time immemorial due to the dynamic and speed at which information can reach millions of peoples at the speed of light. Some countries say it’s for the sake of moral issues and some say it’s merely to keep information out of detractors who love to criticize the actions of governments the world over that have been under pressure from the rest of the free world. It is becoming harder and harder to do such filtering except for countries that have their government’s taking control of the net itself and even they are finding it harder as the net has gone mobile with billions of user the world over.