24 Hours Against Internet Censorship
I have to say I’m not particularly impressed by this new ‘campaign’, and to be honest I’m surprised that the BBC has been taken in by it. All the site consists of is a list of countries which punish people for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Iran censors the internet. Really? Yahoo helps China imprison innocent people. You don’t say? As sideshows to the ‘main’ attraction, the page offers a clickable map of ‘internet blackholes’ (without actually saying what the fuck we are ‘voting’ for, if anything) and a plug for rsf’s paid blogging service. How far do you think Blogger or Wordpress.com would get if they disguised an ad as a ‘campaign for political expression’ and wanted the BBC to publicise it?