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October 28, 2011 07:27 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/GQlaWF6KDbc/blue-coat-a-u-s-tech-firm-acknowledges-syria-used-its-gear-to-censor-the-web-during-arab
Blue Coat, a U.S. tech firm, admits Syria used its products to censor the web during "Arab Spring"
A U.S. company that makes Internet "filtering" systems admits that Syria has been using at least 13 of its devices to censor Web activity there. This news comes as the Syrian government cracks down on its citizens and silences their online activities. Blue Coat Systems Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., says it shipped the Internet "filtering" [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/GQlaWF6KDbc/blue-coat-a-u-s-tech-firm-acknowledges-syria-used-its-gear-to-censor-the-web-during-arab
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