Bloggers in Philadelphia must now pony up $300 for a business license to publish their posts, whatever happened to the 1st Amendment?
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. Its the hallmark of an authoritarian regime.” — Justice Potter Stewart
More here from The Washington Examiner
CNN struggling to get out of last place in May, remain so desperate for a larger audience share, now have their News Readers calling for a crackdown on Bloggers.
Desperate people will definitely do and say desperate things.
CNN and other Dinosaur Cable Media remain far behind FOX News in every time slot.
Related: Newspaper Conglomerate New Business Plan—Law Suits Via Wired.com
In November, Barack Obama bows to China Premier Wen Jiabo in Beijing.
Yu Jie, author and Christian activist was detained for 4.50 hours by Chinese Authorities this week and warned (threatened) that should he publish his book critical of Wen, who he calls “China’s Best Actor” that he will commit a very serious crime (likely subversion against the state, often times a very typical charge made against Chinese Dissidents) and will be sent to prison like Liu Xiao Bo (to get his mind right–reeducated) serving an 11 year sentence.
World Media appear to have a favorable view of the Chinese Premier, often times referring to him as Grandpa Wen because of his smile, personal charm and ability to connect with people—in reality, Wen along with China President Hu Jintao, have terrorized the, increasing powers of the Secret State Police, while restricting civil liberties and cracking down harshly on dissidents.
36 year old Yu, has been a harsh critic of the Chinese Communist Party who often uses Twitter using the pseudonym ” Yuijie89″ to publish his Tweets online.
More here Via Asia One News
China Propaganda Ministry, Xinhua News Network began broadcasting Thursday, its first round the clock English TV service.
The 79 year old wire service service from China, has 10,000 employees positioned around the world, reporting back to the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing
More here from China Digital Times
Related: The cover-up of the Yuxian Mining Disaster
Via EastSouthWestNorth
Our Great Leader (choke, choke, cough, cough) Comrade Obama during a speech last month at Hampton University in Virgina said, “And meanwhile, your coming of an age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us all to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank that high on the truth meter… (translation-Conservative arguments Obama doesn’t approve of) information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than a means of emancipation….”
It isn’t at all surprising that Obama’s pick to replace liberal activist Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, is an activist herself.
Instead of being willing to preserve the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Supreme Ct nominee Elena Kagan argued before the Court that she wishes to join, that its fine if Democrat-Socialist’s in Congress enact legislation to ban books.
Audio here of Elena Kagan arguing before the U.S. Supreme Ct that its fine if the law bans books Via Breitbart TV
“When the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.” –George Washington
Will the Democrat-Socialist Majority in the Senate, give Comrade Obama the power to shut down the Internet for 4 months and silence political dissent?
Internet Kill Switch bill moves to Senate Floor Via Prison Planet
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and will lose both.” –Benjamin Franklin
Related: Obama wants to be Internet Dictator Via Dakota Voice
What would your world be like if you could not log into Facebook or Twitter, you couldn’t watch videos on YouTube or even check out the news in the NY Times?
If you were living in China…
China will not ease State Control of the Internet Via Reuters
China Blocks Access to the NY Times Online Via China Digital Times
Coming soon to America…
FCC Moves To Regulate Internet Via CNS News
Janet Napolitano: Internet Monitoring Needed To Fight Homegrown Terrorism Via FOX News
Related: Thank Our Dear Leader Comrade Obama, 25 Shocking Facts About Internet Censorship
Chinese clash with Police in Urmqi, Xinjiang Uygur region in July. 2009
Dead bodies lie in the street during a riot with Chinese Police in the Urmqi, Xinjiang Region on the 06 July, 2009
Chinese Police blocking protesters in the Urmqi, Xinjiang Uygur Region which Beijing called “a plot” against the government.
These photos were all published on the Social Networking Site Twitter last year, would we have ever seen them if it wasn’t for Twitter?
Chinese Government through Sina.com launches Weibo and says “Tweeting so yesterday.”
Easy to say as long Beijing blocks access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
FTC Floats Drudge Tax—Via Washington Times
1st Amendment must have been Amended over night?
FTCÂ 47 page report entitled Potential Policy Recommendations to Support the Reinvention of Journalism is nothing but the Obama Administration’s extensive attempt to seize control of the Press.
In December subsequent to Google’s learning that China engaged in cyber espionage by hacking into the corporate infrastructure and theft of intellectual property, resulted in Google reevaluating it continued operations in China and subsequent departure.
Following Google’s departure, Chinese authorities launched a campaign attempting to discredit the company.
What useful purpose has that served Beijing? A warning sign to other companies considering doing business in China.
Related Post: Google Exits Censorship—China Exports It Via Epoch Times
Google Dumping Windows subsequent to China scare for Macs Via e-Week.com