Web Censorship

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The article called “Web Censorship”, by Stephen Gibbs published in the BBC News, talks about the use of censorship like a tool used singly by the Cuba government to restrict access from all the citizens to certain sites. It says in this article that whereas government on one hand foments the use of the Web, educating people in the use of the internet, on the other hand has as hard restrictions for the users as for the suppliers. The government says that these restrictions are making sure that the single Internet is being used by sectors that have priority, such as education and health; because of the blockade imposed by The U.S.A. they have access just to satellite which is very expensive.

All this has given as a result a black market where the business becomes between employees of the state who have legal Internet access and the common citizen who gets $15 monthly and cannot pay $3 for one hour of internet in cyber cafes.

Gibbs, S. (May 29, 2006). Web censorship: Correspondent reports. BBC News

By Vanessa