Academics Take On Government Net Censorship

Anonymous Brave Guy writes "There's an interesting article from the BBC today about a group of academics at the University of Toronto who are working to investigate and break down government-imposed censorship of the Internet. Are they defending human rights, or simply trying to impose their own beliefs on people from other cultures? Incidentally, one of their people was responsible for the previous Slashdot discussion of 'five fundamental problems with open source'."

In other news...

[wiresquire]

And in other news today, the Government announced that funding for the University of Toronto had been cut by 50%. A source that would not be identified believes that this is reliation for an effort by academics to reduce censorship of the internet.

An official spokesman at the Education Department could not be reached for comment.

Re:What Sla$hdot DOESNT want you know

[Anonymous Coward]

You are risking bringing the wrath of the Linux jihadists down on you. You are indeed brave.

If this were groklaw, your post would already be deleted.

Face value...

[Faust7]

"Citizens can't just accept technology at face value."

*looks at Windows-loaded PCs on Best Buy shelf*

Ohhhhh yes they can.

Re:Reap what you Sow

[BCoates]

Fascinating. I suppose you think you live in a country with free speech due to some sort of virtue on your part? Perhaps you have managed to overthrow a dictatorial government and replace it with a liberal one yourself?

Re:the preserving culture argument

[BCoates]

Er, except right now they're a anti-western fundamentalist state run by a ruling royal family.

Re:internet censorship

[No Such Agency]

The correct version:

The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems slip through your fingers - Princess Leia to Grand Moff Tarkin

Re:Stupidest ./ comment I have read all week

[An Onerous Coward]

Your comment is pointless and illogical, and I demand that CmdrTaco delete it forthwith.

Re:Is there a difference?

[asdfghjklqwertyuiop]

Destruction of marriage

Yeah with those gays getting married, suddenly all these straight marriages are failing left and right. What a mess!

shapping society into their whims

Yeah. The conservatives have never ever done that. The religous right in particular is completely against the concept of shaping anyone to their whims.

legalizing drug

Yeah, those evil potsmokers... wrecking the private lives of everyone else. Mass chaos and destruction abound.

loose morals

Yeah, conseratives would never do something completely immoral, like, say, lie to start a war based on ulterior motives. Never.

individualism over the benefit of the majority

Yep. Now that's a completely unamerican concept if I've ever heard it. We need to return this country to its original ideals of things like blind and complete allegiance to our leaders and complete subordination of individal liberty.