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October 14, 2012 04:05 pm

The Surprising Truth About Internet Censorship In the Middle East


An anonymous reader writes "Internet censorship is common in conservative majority-Muslim countries, but it may have more to do with politics and technology than with religion. I.e., Iran is not so different from Cuba and China. From the article: 'n an attempt to uncover the various reasons -- and ways -- that countries clamp down on Internet freedoms, the U.S.-based watchdog Freedom House investigated the issue in 47 nations and released a study of its findings this year.Employing a number of factors ranging from blogger arrests to politically motivated website blockades, the study ranked each country according to its degree of online freedom.And, as it happens, Islamic countries do not stand out for their degree of censorship.'"

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