BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING.

Am I allowed to use that as the title? It references 1984 so I am not too sure. I guess I just cited it.

Anyway…

What I want to address is that while the FCC does not regulate the internet, the internet as a whole does have its political ramifications. If you look at this nifty map, you can see different nations of the world categorized by filters based on political factors, social factors, security, and internet tools. Click on the political filter, and you can see that a country like China is in red.

China offers a great example of internet censorship. They have been on the news recently for what I think is pretty much placing limits on the freedom that is the internet. In this CNET article, it says that “China has indefinitely delayed enforcement of a requirement that PC makers preinstall Green Dam-Youth Escort software that experts believe would have screened not just Internet pornography but also some online political content…Experts have warned that the Green Dam software poses security risks, and last week, the U.S. Trade Representative protested that Green Dam violates World Trade Organization rules.”

Political, economic, and security risks all at the same time just because China does not want people to know the truth!?! It is a good thing that we are in the United States, right?

Well, follow my directions, and decide for yourself. We are going to look for images of Tiananmen Square. If you do not know what that is, please check out this article .

First, check out the American google.com. Search for “Tiananmen square” images. What do you see? Yep, they are all pictures related to the Chinese military and the massacre.

Now, let us do the same thing on the Chinese google.cn. "Images" is still the second filter at the top by the way. Here, the results show mostly...happiness surrounding the pictures.

I will not post any of the images because I do not want to violate any copyright laws, but it also works if you do Yahoo.com versus Yahoo.cn.

It looks like somebody is deciding which types of pictures we all see first, and it is clear that there are political agendas on each side.