Reporters Without Borders introduces International Online Free Expression Day
Posted by Kelley Vendeland on March 7, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Reporters Without Borders is launching on March 12th the first International Online Free Expression Day, organized under UNESCO patronage, which will be accompanied by the organization's second "24-hour online demo against Internet censorship."
Reporters Without Borders has created virtual representations of nine countries with government censorship, and is calling on internet users to protest web censorship by creating an online avatar and joining an online demonstration. Demonstrations will take place in Burma, China, North Korea, Egypt, Cuba, Eritrea, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, or Vietnam.
According to the European Journalism Centre, 63 cyber-dissidents are currently imprisoned worldwide.
Source: European Journalism Centre
Reporters Without Borders has created virtual representations of nine countries with government censorship, and is calling on internet users to protest web censorship by creating an online avatar and joining an online demonstration. Demonstrations will take place in Burma, China, North Korea, Egypt, Cuba, Eritrea, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, or Vietnam.
According to the European Journalism Centre, 63 cyber-dissidents are currently imprisoned worldwide.
Source: European Journalism Centre
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