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Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
Have you ever been curious about how much filtering goes on the Internet? I have personally been concerned about this, particularly when so much of it is hidden and we don’t really know who is doing the filtering and what the criteria may be to filter content.
Internet censorship and surveillance are growing global phenomena, according to the Open Net Initiative (ONI). ONI’s mission is to identify and document Internet filtering and surveillance, and to promote and inform wider public dialogs about such practices.
The United States heavily filters social content, which includes content related to sexuality, gambling, and illegal drugs and alcohol, as well as other topics that may be socially sensitive or perceived as offensive. There is no data available for its political filtering which, to me, raises some red flags about filtering political data.
Given China’s ongoing Internet blocks, it is quite interesting to see how many filters and blocks are taking place in supposedly free countries. You can take a look at the Internet filtering map here.
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