Internet Censorship for a Censored School

Media Analysis 2912

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1. By Erik Uri Web Censorship
2. Internet Censorship by Country
3. Accuracy?  You may be suppressed to see the U.S. and Canada in the “Some Censorship” Category, and think that the previous map was inaccurate. Truth is it is.  In the U.S. censorship is preformed by corporations and search engines, not the Government.  Twitter can now “the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world.”  In the U.K. censorship has gotten more strict, ThePirateBay.org is now blocked, and soon Pornographic content will be also.
4. What does it look like when the Government filters your web?
5. South Korea  South Korea has the fastest internet than any other country in the world; but it is subject to Censorship. For a long time one would have to register with their Resident's Registration Number to use online services, and now, using this identification, a Curfew is being placed on online game access for minors.
6. Saudi Arabia  In Saudi Arabia, English Wikipedia Articles are blocked, for being “immoral content”. Citizens are supposed to report an immoral site when they see one, so it can be blocked for other users.
7. United Arab Emirates
8. Style of Censorship  Often time when you stumble upon a Censored website, you will be told that the website had immoral or illegal content, with yellow tape and red stop signs. But other times, the message is surrounded with Teddy Bears, or with cute playful characters, to make it seem more of an “Oops” and less strict.
9. The Great Firewall of China If you want to talk about internet Censorship, there is no greater topic than China. China uses numerous methods to block internet access, such as IP blocking, DNS filtering, URL filtering, Deep Packet Inspection and Packet Filtering. If you attempt to access a blocked site to many times, your internet can be shut down for up to 30 minutes. I minor inconvenience at first, but it is very effective, If you’d like to see if your webpage is blocked in china, visit http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/
10.  There are groups of people who fight against Internet Censorship, the most notable is the folks behind the Tor project. Tor stands for The Onion Routing Network. Tor allows you to send your packets to other Tor users, in free regions of the globe, and then it accesses webservers like Facebook or Google. It then sends the packets back the way it came through. Governments have attempted to use Deep Packet Inspection to block Tor, but a fix is usually up in a matter of hours. Tor’s strength is in numbers, and if you decide to host a node, you can help Civil Rights and Citizens in hostile nations.
11. Sources  [2] http://www.thenutgraph.com/six-words-on-internet-censorship/ (Map by 23prootie / Wiki commons)  [3] http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/26/twitter-changes-the-contours-of-censorship-with-country-by-country-blocking/  [5] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/technology/22iht-broadband22.html  [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_by_country  [10] https://www.torproject.org