Talk:Ethics and Law in New Media/Censors in Cyberspace

This is a really interesting and rich topic. Remember how fast and strong the internet community had reacted when the communist Chinese government attempted to make everyone install a censor/spyware w:Green Dam onto their machines? --<Hillgentleman| ~ | 書> 15:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

"... books banned in the US have included "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (accused of racism based on using the word "nigger" - actually it's a VERY anti-racist book), Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle stories (ditto - while they do contain some "politically incorrect" views or words for today's reader, they are deeply rooted in humanity), Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" (possibly for the "romantic tramps" and some stings towards the church...)."

With regard to Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle stories, I'd have to strongly contest the factual accuracy of the above statement. Where Uncle Tom's Cabin and Huckleberry Finn both use the word nigger but are anti-racist works, Doctor Dolittle is instead an overtly racist work, using the words "nigger" and "coon" in somewhat hateful ways and portraying persons of African descent as innately stupid. -- Blyden, February 2010.

Facebook, in which Hong Kong tycoon Lee Ka-Shing has a stake, closed several political interest groups with neither warning nor explanation

Facebook, in which Hong Kong tycoon Lee Ka-Shing has a stake, closed several political interest groups, one of which was against the pro-Beijing party "democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" and numbered over 84000, with neither warning nor explanation [1].

The group has since been revived and its number grown to over 50,000 within 3 days. [2] <Hillgentleman| ~ | 書> 13:29, 6 February 2010 (UTC)