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China to censor foreign video sharing sites

article published on 3 January, 2008

Starting at the end of the month, the Chinese government will begin blocking video sharing sites it does not control. The new laws will mean that any website that offers streaming video will need to receive a permit to operate from the government. In order to obtain that permit, the site must be either state-owned or controlled to qualify. It is unknown on whether YouTube would qualify ... [ read the full article ]

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ZippyDSM
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No real surprise.
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Really no surprise here.
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What else could have been expected.
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what?
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edsrouter
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China is an entity on its own. It can do to the people whatever it wants until the people rise up. No nation will ever come to the people of China's aid. It's too powerful.
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bomber991
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Wait they're going to ban porno sites?
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Many forget that China is a Communist state.
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Communist in name only. They're more of a capitalist police state much like old Germany in the 30's. You can still have a dictatorship and let big corporations continue to sell things to the world. Most of your computers were made by these commies. Hey, they own much of what used to be IBM and changed the name to Lenovo...
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no human rights
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Freedom of speech is still Chinese government's most formidable enemy. We need to send agent Molder and Scully to China. Because only the truth will set them free...(X file music)
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