Website censorship: be careful what you wish for

[socrates]

Some thoroughly depressing and thoroughly predictable news from The Guardian: two-thirds of UK adults think social networks should be shut down during riots.They're in good company, because David Cameron thinks that's a good idea too.

Website censorship: be careful what you wish for | News | TechRadar

This article might not look relevant to us but remember most of our netas/babus also think that the internet should be controlled or at least policed.

 

[thetechfreak]

No use shutting them down. There are infinite number of alternate proxies and Dns available.

 

[socrates]

But if any state puts it might behind this, they can do it. We only have to look around us in this part of the world to see how its done.

 

[d6bmg]

No use shutting them down. There are infinite number of alternate proxies and Dns available.

Those people think about sutting them down, do know little about 'present' internet.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

The great firewall of china needs to be attacked e-ICBMs

Nuke Beijing to teach them a lesson.

 

[bubusam13]

In India also few sites are banned. You cant excess them without a proxy but even if you access them somehow, you won't be punished lf get caught. In China is not so.

 

[d6bmg]

The great firewall of china needs to be attacked e-ICBMs

Nuke Beijing to teach them a lesson.

And may I ask who will do it?

 

[Extreme Gamer]

Combine NATO, Russia, India.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

And kill innocent people? lol? Geez you make the point full for why people should be censored in the internet.