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Once again I come to you unable to put forth any real blogging fun. I had promised an outfit of the week, and I had no time to upload it. My apartment still has no internet, so I'm still trying to work around that until my roommate gets her act together. So I will attempt to post more often, but with school work piling up and no internet in my room, it will be hard to do. So here's another blog I needed to post for my computer class. Sorry Again!
<3 Zan


As the internet becomes more accessible to people around the world, new websites are developed where people can express themselves in a multitude of ways. In the article “China blocks Twitter, Flickr, Youtube and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen anniversary” Tania Branigan discusses China’s move to block twitter two days before the 20th anniversary of the democratic protests at Tiananmen Square. Twenty years ago, hundreds of people died in the Beijing square as they demonstrated, so China banned Twitter, along with the previously banned Flickr, Youtube and Hotmail, to try to prevent sensitive subjects becoming widely spread. This had already been a problem in the recent past with fires in a Chinese television complex. Some organizations in China are attempting to promote democracy, but every time they try people are jailed or fined.

I understand the reasoning behind blocking twitter for such a big anniversary but I do not support it. With such a sensitive topic, it is easy to see why China would want to block twitter, but the Chinese government shouldn’t block all these websites. If anything the blocking of these websites only bring more rebellion to the Chinese people. If the Chinese government continues on this route, soon enough China will have no internet at all.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/02/twitter-china

Branigan, Tania. "China blocks Twitter, Flicker, Youtube, and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen anniversery." The Guardian. 2 June 2009. Web. 13 Sep 2009. .

Up until this point Syrian internet users have faced many obstacles when attempting to actually use even the basic of internet functions, but now, with the help of United States government sanctions. The lift on certain bans in Syria will help the country’s users to buy and sell different goods online as well as download software. These changes will also help lift Syria’s economy even more then before because they were previously unopened to ecommerce.

I think that the decision to change bans in Syria on a case-to-case basis is a great idea. If Syria’s economy has become better and better recently without the internet readily available, with the internet Syria’s economy will be able to flourish even more. Syria’s ability to access internet will allow many people to learn instantly and it will help them to be successful.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/04/syria-us-sanctions-internet-users

"Reconnecting America and Syria." The Guardian. 04 Aug 2009. Web. 13 Sep 2009. .