On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu wrote:
But as far as I know, the U.S. government has never blocked the general public from accessing a Wikipedia article, nor have they sent a takedown that was based on ideology/"social harmony"/etc.
Instead they use "terrorism" (or really anything they come up with) poilerplate to monitor their and foreign citizens, illegally collect personal data about them and monetize it or use to pressure or threaten selected individuals, companies or agencies. They, additionally, use various cease&desist processes (which is basically the same as blocking but they let you do the work instead of them). And it's just the same way based on ideology and social harminy as of China, apart from that it's for a slightly different agenda.
China does censorship to prevent unwanted content, USA does surveillance and pressure to prevent unwanted content. Not much of a difference.
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