links for 2006-05-11

• Censorship and Online Filtering on the Internet - US Department of State
  "As Internet activity expands every month worldwide, the effects of Internet filtering in the United States and globally have become far-reaching. Most nations censor Internet communication in some fashion."
  (tags: censorship internet)
• Danny Weitzner - Open Internet Policy » “don’t be evil” an albatross around Google’s neck, plus a great discussion of Web censorship in China
  "the actions of China reveal a significant weakness in the global regulatory framework of the Internet and the Web. "
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch censorship internet google)
• China heads for 60 million bloggers - WebWatch - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
  "Blogging is booming in China with the number of bloggers expected to hit 60 million by the end of this year."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch blogs bloggers)
• The Great Seduction: IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE -- SECOND EDITION
  Andrew Keen is concerned about digital utopianism and an "irrational faith in the globalizing political, cultural and economic implications of technology."
  (tags: utopianism internet ideas)