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Journos express anger at China’s net censorship

International news organisations in China preparing for the Olympic Games have gotten their first taste of net censorship. Word coming out is that journalists are finding news websites censored and Internet speeds up to 10X slower than those at the Sydney Olympics (that must be slow).

SMH writes:

‘Organisers had repeatedly claimed that internet would not be censored during the Games but at the press conference a Wall Street Journal journalist produced his laptop and showed that sites such as the BBC in China and Hong Kong’s Apple Daily were being restricted. BOCOG media director Sun Weijia initially said the problem lay with the journalist, and claimed all websites and pages were available.’

Full story here. [via ANU Link]

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