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[ NNSquad ] ISP in Paraguay blocking a site that satirizes newspaper because publisher owns stock in ISP?
ISP in Paraguay blocking a site that satirizes newspaper because publisher owns stock in ISP? http://j.mp/Pl6ens (TEDIC) "Paraguayan ISP and cellular carrier Personal (www.personal.com.py) is currently blocking the satirical site http://abcolor.me from its users. The site allows users to create their own articles, which are then published with the exact same format -logo included- of the original newspaper's site, ABC Color (www.abc.com.py). This was interpreted by social media users as a pun on the bias and lack of rigor that permeates ABC's practice, a longstanding criticism from civil society groups and online activists. But they preferred to revoke some citizen's rights instead of taking a joke. By blocking paying users from certain content-specific sites, Personal is breaking Net Neutrality and thus depriving citizens of their right to access publicly available information." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad