Reporters Without Borders names 13 “enemies of the internet”
November 7th, 2006

The human rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a list of 13 “enemies of the internet” this BBC article says.The countries named are Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.”The list consists of countries that RSF believes are suppressing freedom of expression on the internet. The civil liberties pressure group has organised a 24-hour protest, inviting web users to vote for the worst offending countries. Visitors to the RSF website are also invited to leave a voice message for Yahoo’s co-founder Jerry Yang, expressing their views on the firm’s involvement in China. RSF has been outspoken in its condemnation of Yahoo. The search engine has been criticised along with other companies for helping the Chinese authorities block access to some online material”.

‘Enemies of the internet’ named

  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • Technorati
  • blogmarks
  • co.mments
  • BlinkList
  • NewsVine
  • Slashdot
  • Reddit
  • Shadows
  • StumbleUpon
  • YahooMyWeb
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