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China Confirms It Will Continue Internet Censorship Throughout Olympic Games

Jul 30, 2008 – 2:15 PM
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Michael David Smith

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Remember how the Chinese government promised not to censor the Internet during the Olympics? Yeah, that was a lie.

Yesterday it was reported that journalists in China to cover the Olympics weren't able to access web sites that contained information critical about the host nation, and today China confirmed that journalists will not have unfettered Internet use during the Games.

Stunningly, the International Olympic Committee has OK'd the censorship. After years of promising the 20,000 journalists going to China for the games that they'll be able to report freely, the IOC is now, like China, breaking its word, and siding against freedom of the press.
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