Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Clampdown on Palestinian media spreads to the Web

With a bit of luck one of our mainstream newspapers might pick this up - Clampdown on Palestinian media spreads to the Web.

But I wouldn't be holding my breath ...

The Palestinian Authority has quietly instructed Internet providers to block access to news websites whose reporting is critical of President Mahmoud Abbas, according to senior government officials and data analyzed by network security experts.

Imagine what a certain daily broadsheet in Melbourne would be saying if it was Israel that was clamping down on the media in this way.

Hat tip: Challah hu akbar

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