Comments on: Effective Censorship http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/07/27/effective-censorship/ New Media researcher Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: chloe http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/07/27/effective-censorship/#comment-166490 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:02:04 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/07/27/effective-censorship/#comment-166490 "*most* people won’t even try to access banned content let alone attempt to circumvent filtering" I think that this complements the concept of self-censorship to a certain extend. In a censored read write web, people will soon begin to stop attempting to read and write anything they know or feel will be filtered out - especially if there are heavy consequences involved. What is the point? Even if the growth of the Internet surpasses the growth of censors, in a country where strict filters are constantly in place, I would believe that it is impossible for the internet to have grown much at all. “*most* people won’t even try to access banned content let alone attempt to circumvent filtering” I think that this complements the concept of self-censorship to a certain extend. In a censored read write web, people will soon begin to stop attempting to read and write anything they know or feel will be filtered out - especially if there are heavy consequences involved. What is the point?

Even if the growth of the Internet surpasses the growth of censors, in a country where strict filters are constantly in place, I would believe that it is impossible for the internet to have grown much at all.

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