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Is the Net Nanny’s Aim Improving?

The People’s Security Bureau in Shenzhen has told blogger Zuola couldn’t leave the country to attend the Deutsche Welle Blog Competition (where he would be a judge) because he’s a “may threaten state security”... ...full story at Mutant Palm

from Mutant Palm on Tue, Nov 25 2008

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