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Originally posted by techweenie
The bigger story is what China is restricting... sites, words, expressions... much like parts of the US Congress would like to do.
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Not just China. Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea and others around the world do this on a regular basis. East Germany used to do the same thing. They do or did not want their population to know what is going on around them. Its not really working but is a start. People have ways around things like this with hidden satellite and radio systems.
For many years Saudi had police helo's that would fly over the cities and if they saw a tv satellite system they would radio the location to a ground unit who would go there and tear it down and arrest the owners. Am sure that the Iranians and Koreans have the same situation. Well, the Saudis started using hidden satellite antennas, putting them inside a box or false cover.
These days its legal in Saudi and understand Iran is allowing some limited access. North Korea and China are still restrictive in this area. After the Berlin Wall fell we found out how much the people on the borders of East Germany were flaunting the law when we talked with them and found that they had modified their radios and tv's to receive the Western broadcasts. To be caught meant years in prison but they still did it.
A govt can try to hold its people back but in the end its very difficult to enforce. Someday Iran and N. Korea will open up. Just hope that I am still alive to see it...
Joe A
PS Tech, please tell us what sites that the US Congress is trying to restrict from us?