Symbol of the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (pic)
Yesterday, 12 March was the World Day Against Cyber-Censorship. Launched by Reporters Without Borders in 2008, the initiative is intended to promote the idea of Internet without restrictions and accessible to everyone.Recently Reporters Without Borders have published a list of countries, that are considered to be The Enemies of the Internet. The list includes 10 countries: Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The Internet censorship and persecution of bloggers is usual in these countries. There is also alist of Countries (16 including Malaysia) Under Surveillance where freedom of expression online is under risk and there are some attempts of the governments to control the Internet.
The map of Cyber-censorship, march12.rsf.org
Thus, the World Day Against Cyber-Censorship initiative is an attempt to attract attention of civil society to limitation of the freedom of speech in online media.
