A growing collection of articles online suggest disturbing trends in countries not usually associated with internet and web censorship and filtering. It is extremely important that we condemn these proposed and enacted measures as vehemently as we decry actions and policies to censor online content by regimes in China, Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia for example.
I have covered these issues earlier as well, including regressive measures taken in the US, UK and other countries to curtail and contain online content.
France
- A step backwards for Citizen Journalism – France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence
- Move over, Australia: France taking ‘Net censorship lead
United Kingdom
- The rise of Big Brother in the UK
- UK’s proposed Internet surveillence a model for repressive regimes?
- When civil liberties are trumped and communications intercepted
Asia
- Thailand and Malaysia clamp down websites
- Indonesia looks to block offensive Internet pages
- Blogs and the Fijian military junta
- Freedom of Expression in Singapore vs. Sri Lanka
United States
The French censorship is really disturbing. This is probably why their great secular, liberal, democracy has been declining for years now. The French of all people should know how important liberal values are.