According to RWB, the considered "12 'Enemies of the Internet'" — Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudia Arabia, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam — are censoring internet access in their respective country.
They have done this by transforming the citizens' access of the internet to an intranet, which will help keep their population from accessing certain undesired information.
In addition to the 12 Enemies of the Internet, RWB is monitoring 10 other governments including Australia and South Korea — both countries have democratic systems in place.
RWB makes it known that new forms of online censorship are emerging such as "orchestrating the posting of comments on popular websites" or "organizing hacker attacks" to scramble content.
According to the article, 70 people are detained because of, what the government views as, dissenting online postings. China currently has the most people imprisoned for cyber-dissidents.
MY OPINION:
For some reason, I feel like this type of censorship is worse than censoring a journalist. I know this is probably an irrational feeling because I know most, if not all, censorship is wrong.
But to disallow and dictate what someone can post on the internet from the privacy of their home is ludicrous.
I leave comments on websites such as ESPN.com and could never imagine having my comment deleted (unless it had profanity) if it was solely because of my opinion.
And I know this example is on a lesser scale than saying something about the government, but I believe it is a way to truly grasp the magnitude of the situation in these countries.
It is just another form of government control and it's disgusting.
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