links for 2007-02-11

• Thief maps lets netizens fight crime
  "With the approach of Spring Festival and the associated shopping season, street thieves are becoming more active. Ever-vigilant netizens are releasing a new series of "thief maps" (小偷地图）."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch mashup maps)
• 关于新浪博客删贴的联合声明：请公开你们的理由！
  "不幸的是，新浪生意做得很大，但商业精神有亏，在提供博客空间的同时，也在严重侵犯我们的言论自由。"
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch freespeech censorship sina 言论自由)
• EastSouthWestNorth: Freedom of Press in Hong Kong
  Download whole report at: http://www.hkja.org.hk/ “The Hong Kong Journalist Association commissioned Lingnan University to conduct a mail survey of news workers and 506 responded.”
  (tags: hongkong journalism freespeech)
• EastSouthWestNorth: Bloggers versus Real Journalists on the Big Soccer Brawl
  (tags: china blogs blogging journalism internet news sports)
• EastSouthWestNorth: The Open Letter To Sina.com From The Lawyer-Bloggers
  "Unfortunately, while Sina.com's business has been growing, it lacks business ethics. While providing the space for our blogs, it has also seriously violated our freedom of speech."
  (tags: sina censorship freespeech china blogs blogging internet chineseinternetresearch)
• 'Come clean on Internet interference'
  Protesting Internet censorship in Thailand: "Pressure group FACT challenges the ICT Ministry to explain why it is blocking certain websites"
  (tags: thailand internet censorship freespeech)
• Despite a Ban, Chinese Youth Navigate to Internet Cafes - washingtonpost.com
  Chinese official quoted as saying: "If you just close down the Internet, you close off a window for Chinese youth to acquire knowledge and information."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet censorship freespeech)
• China Media Project: China's top safety inspection official says news media can't be expected to get it 100% right
  "In what seemed a ringing indictment of official manipulation and control of news media, China's top safety inspection official said officials must not place arbitrary limitations on the press and are duty-bound to take media supervision seriously."
  (tags: china freespeech news journalism censorship)