Dunno why you people keep saying China filters the internet

SmokingTarpan · 10-31-2006, 10:13 AM

At the UN summit on the internet today, a Chinese official clearly says that China does not block anything on the web.

http://news.com.com/China+We+dont+ce...l?tag=nefd.top

Quote:

Originally Posted by China

In China, we don't have software blocking Internet sites. Sometimes we have trouble accessing them. But that's a different problem.

See? He says it's totally a different problem, not censorship. We should lay off.

icky · 10-31-2006, 10:16 AM

Those pesky connection problems. They always happen at the most inconvenient times.

RocketPunch · 10-31-2006, 10:35 AM

Most of those people are just poor old farmers...I mean gold/gil farmers for most MMORPG's. LOL.

SmokingTarpan · 10-31-2006, 10:36 AM

Oh, I forgot to add that they don't arrest journalists either:

Quote:

Originally Posted by China

Some people say that there are journalists in China that have been arrested. We have hundreds of journalists in China, and some of them have legal problems. It has nothing to do with freedom of expression.

See? If the journalists would just pay their speeding tickets, all would be well.

**Iamthefallen** · 10-31-2006, 12:16 PM

Wait... hundreds of journalists?

Hundreds?

Kerostasis · 10-31-2006, 12:42 PM

Well, you know, when you have a population of more than a billion, "dozens" just won't cut it.

xTYBALTx · 10-31-2006, 01:21 PM

icky · 10-31-2006, 02:29 PM

I sense a new marketing campaign!

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