May 2008
Cisco internal memo: Chinese censorship and surveillance are "opportunities" - Boing Boing
(via)The document is the first evidence that the networking giant has marketed its routers to China specifically as a tool of repression. It reinforces the double-edged role that Americans' technological ingenuity plays in the rest of the world.
February 2008
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
(via)One of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Wikileaks has upset the Chinese government enough that they are attempting to censor it, as is the Thai military junta. Wikileaks is now under attack from a censorship effort by a California court.
1
(2 marks)
