links for 2006-10-24

• Innovate - October/November 2006 Volume 3, Issue 1
  "In this special issue of Innovate, our contributors explore, assess, and illustrate the potential of open source software and related trends to transform educational practice. "
  (tags: education innovation internet opensource software)
• China Media Project: Chinese media criticize proposed "identification system" for Weblogs in China
  Excerpt from the Yangcheng Evening News: "Only when freedoms are guaranteed does the question of "abusing freedom" arise. Only when there is freedom of expression can we talk about self-restraint . . ."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch media journalism blogs blogging freespeech realname anonymity)
• Blog Real Name System Undecided - Nan Chang :: China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代
  quote from Fang Xingdong: "Unless China would completely close the Internet, there will be a trend for Chinese netizens to choose overseas blog service. "
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch blogs blogging realname anonymity freespeech)
• Xinhua News Agency: Blog real name system undecided
  "With widespread online rumor saying China will implement a blog real name system, the Internet Society of China (ISC) has clarified that so far the Ministry of Information Industry has not officially made any related policies."
  (tags: blog blogging china media freespeech chineseinternetresearch internet xinhua)

Comments

[mahathir_fan]

Good to see so much debate going on on this issue.

In Malaysia, control of the media has turned Malaysians into a nation of cynics and skeptics, contrary to the intended outcome which is mind control.

The great Lim Kit Siang blogged about this where Malaysians no longer trust their government. I think it is true. We questioned everything we read, we find it hard to believe the media, and that goes to you too, the Western media. We don't trust you either.

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=770

So in a way, the silver lining in censorship is that the population becomes critical thinkers.