26.9.05

Liberdade restringida

"The state bans the spreading of any news with content that is against national security and public interest," said a statement from Xinhua, the official news agency. The announcement called for blogs and personal web pages to "be directed towards serving the people and socialism and insist on correct guidance of public opinion for maintaining national and public interests"(...)

Banned phrases from news sites, blogs and instant messaging services include independence, democracy, Taiwan, Tiananmen Square, freedom and the Dalai Lama.