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China Blocking Social Networking, Blogging Sites

In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square protests this Thursday, the People's Republic of China has blocked at least a dozen websites such as Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, Wordpress and Blogger. This is an outrageous attempt to censer history by a country that just last year opened it's doors to the world for the 2008 Summer Olympics. As a representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said, "The Chinese government stops at nothing to silence what happened 20 years ago in Tienanmen Square." Reportedly, some of the blocked sites are still accessible through proxies and VPN clients. The Chinese have also prohibited foreign news crews from filming in Tienanmen Square.

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