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June 23, 2011 04:12 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/9-yQnVM-1Pg/belarus-kgb-goes-aft.html
Belarus: KGB goes after activists through their social media accounts
AP: "Belarus is undergoing a severe economic crisis, and longtime President Alexander Lukashenko has overseen a sweeping crackdown on opposition and government critics. Authorities routinely block opposition websites using web-filters similar to those used in China. Pro-democracy activists such as those protesting Wednesday routinely use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking websites to support one another and their cause." But one activist says he was arrested this week and only released after he agreed to give the KGB his social media account passwords....Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/9-yQnVM-1Pg/belarus-kgb-goes-aft.html
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