Internet filtering

This study (warning PDF!) details the state of Internet filtering in China by the Chinese government. All in all, I found it pretty unsurprising. I actually was more surprised to read that they let in a majority of American news sources (doesn't say much for those sources!). However, it is not a stretch to think that the country that gave us Tiananmen Square would also regulate where internet users could go.

I guess I should be a little more worried about whether or not the same could take place in the US (I'm not) or I should be more sympathetic to the plight of the Chinese, but I think that Darfur or Burma or Uzbekistan would be a little higher on the list.

I guess I am suffering from a little bit of blogosphere backlash, I kind of wish everybody on the left and right would just shut up for a little while, but I know it would be far, far worse if the government is what shut them up (or only shut up one side, which would be more likely).

Anyhow, after reading Kos, Atrios, Redstate and Instapundit over the past few days, I guess I am seeing the upside to internet filtering right now.