Chinese Site NYT Block, Block P2P Australia and bit torrent

Several months ago, when the Olympic Games held in Beijing, Chinese government has broaden access to Web sites that can be viewed by residents of China. However, the policy is changed.

Since last weekend, those living in mainland China now can no longer access the site's New York Times. They try from the city of Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai will maybe get a message that the site is not available.

It closed access to the New York Times extend the number of sites that are blocked Chinese government. Previously, the BBC site, Voice of America and Asiaweek has been blocked earlier, but several days later the sites can be accessed again.

No explanation of why access to the New York Times blocked. Even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing said to the Times that they do not know the details. However, an official at the International Press Center in Beijing said in the Times that the restriction is likely only a technical problem.

no further information about whether the restrictions will be revoked.

Australia Block P2P and bit torrent

If the China blocked sites, the government of Australia is different. They will soon be filtering the Internet, precisely block all traffic P2P (peer to peer) and bit torrent.

Initially, the government proposes that the filter will only block sites child pornography and terrorists for the sake of security and make all children feel safe. However, Australia's online censorship and revealed his desire to expand the experiment to include the government filter traffic for download.

Plans to protests in various cities across Australia. Protests and petitions did not digubris by the government, which will be piloted this week.
source : kompas.com
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