Technology finds a way round the Great Firewall of China
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 2:40AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

FRONT PAGE: "Iranians and Others Outwit Net Censors," by John A. Markoff, New York Times, 1 May 2009.

Description of the Tor Project that offers anticensorship software to those inside countries with substance firewalls (usually political subjects).

Talks about "a disparate alliance of political and religious activists, civil libertarians, Internet entrepreneurs, diplomats and even military officers and intelligence agents" that now comes together to challenge growing Internet censorship.

This arms race is just beginning.

Article originally appeared on Thomas P.M. Barnett (https://thomaspmbarnett.com/).
See website for complete article licensing information.