Thursday, March 10, 2011

Web - Censorship

They block websites that contain unsavory content here.

I say 'They' in my art-school proverbial-status-quo decision-making-powers-that-be kind of way. The 'they' we used to use in our academic writing in University that started with a capital " T ", as we penned our left-wing papers on advertising, education, subject matter in art, propaganda, and political decision-making.

One service provider in Qatar has "a clear policy that aims to prevent damage to the values of the community from harmful material on websites" that they claim is backed strongly by the locals.  

Some of these websites include social-networking sites, celebrity gossip sites, video streaming, and then of course some of the more obvious offenders like those with pornographic content. 

Here's the cute pink page that comes up with these goofy little guys telling you that the content is prohibited. 

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