Re: Burma Clamps Down On Web

[Cipher <cipher@mindspring.com>]

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On  1/20/00, j e d i @ c y b e r j e d i logged on  and ended up relaying
this through a little-known Microsoft open mail server to the North Korean
Central Committee who in turn forwarded it to me:
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> Thursday, 20 January, 2000, 09:22 GMT
> Burma clamps down on web
>
> The Burmese authorities have banned the country's Internet users from
> issuing material of a political nature.
>
> Burmese television said that the main Internet service provider, Myanmar
> Post and Telecommunications had outlawed the use of sites which were -- as
> it put it -- detrimental to government policies.
>
> The new regulations also call for users to obtain state authorisation before
> creating web pages.

I wonder if they're blocking sites that their citizens can resolve?  Would
it be feasible to host sites for them on say, Geocities?  Where would one
advertise such a willingness?





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