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Web site tracks world online censorship reports (AP)

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments

In this screen shot taken on Aug. 4, 2009, Herdict.org, a Harvard-based Web site that tracks online censorship, shows that YouTube had been reported inaccessible in China, based on reports from the site's users. Herdict users report their Web site problems anonymously — numeric Internet addresses are recorded but only general location is displayed — so people can post more freely, encouraging reports about sensitive topics like HIV and AIDS-related sites, and from people in countries with possible government repercussions. . (AP Photo/Herdict.org)AP – When Shanghai blogger Isaac Mao tried to watch a YouTube clip of Chinese police beating Tibetans, all he got was an error message.

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