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'''Internet censorship''' is a form of [[censorship]] where a [[government]] restricts [[Internet]] users from accessing certain [[website|websites]] due to [[ideology|ideological]] differences or the content of the website being illegal in that country.

'''Internet censorship''' is a form of [[censorship]] where a [[government]] restricts [[Internet]] users from accessing certain [[website|websites]] due to [[ideology|ideological]] differences or the content of the website being illegal in that country.

== United Kingdom ==

== Afghanistan ==

The [[Internet Watch Foundation]] maintains a list of websites containing [[child pornography]] that [[ISP|ISPs]] voluntarily subscribe to and block access to. Recently the IWF was criticised for blocking users from viewing the [[album cover]] for "Virgin Killer" by the [[German]] [[heavy metal]] band [[Scorpions]] on [[Wikipedia]], claiming it was child pornography. The block was removed several days later.

Pervez Kambaksh, an Afghan student, was sentenced to [[death penalty|death]] in 2008 for downloading an article on [[women's rights]]. After international pressure, the sentence was commuted to 20 years imprisonment.

 

 

In March 2009, the anti-censorship site Wikileaks published a list of internet sites which had been banned within Australia. The list included a pro-Christian pro-life website.

== United States ==

== China ==

The [[Communications Decency Act]] of 1996 restricted online speech that could potentially be seen by children. Supporters of [[free speech]], however, had most of the act's provisions overturned.

[[China]] blocks content supporting [[Tibetan independence]], [[Taiwanese independence]], [[police brutality]], the [[Tiananmen Square]] protests, [[freedom of speech]], [[pornography]] and certain religions (including the [[Catholic]] Church). 52 [[blog|bloggers]] are reportedly currently incarcerated for their writings.

== Denmark ==

== Denmark ==

[[Finland]] operates another system similar to that of the UK, however, the [[blacklist]] is provided by Finnish police instead of maintained by representatives of the ISPs operating under a [[memorandum of understanding]] as is the case in the UK. It was criticised for filtering the website of the Internet standards organisation [[W3C]] and content, although [[pornographic]], is not actually child pornography.

[[Finland]] operates another system similar to that of the UK, however, the [[blacklist]] is provided by Finnish police instead of maintained by representatives of the ISPs operating under a [[memorandum of understanding]] as is the case in the UK. It was criticised for filtering the website of the Internet standards organisation [[W3C]] and content, although [[pornographic]], is not actually child pornography.

== China ==

== United Kingdom ==

[[China]] blocks content supporting [[Tibetan independence]], [[Taiwanese independence]], [[police brutality]], the [[Tiananmen Square]] protests, [[freedom of speech]], [[pornography]] and certain religions (including the [[Catholic]] Church). 52 [[blog|bloggers]] are reportedly currently incarcerated for their writings.

The [[Internet Watch Foundation]] maintains a list of websites containing [[child pornography]] that [[ISP|ISPs]] voluntarily subscribe to and block access to. Recently the IWF was criticised for blocking users from viewing the [[album cover]] for "Virgin Killer" by the [[German]] [[heavy metal]] band [[Scorpions]] on [[Wikipedia]], claiming it was child pornography. The block was removed several days later.

== Afghanistan ==

== United States ==

Pervez Kambaksh, an Afghan student, was sentenced to [[death penalty|death]] in 2008 for downloading an article on [[women's rights]]. After international pressure, the sentence was commuted to 20 years imprisonment.

The [[Communications Decency Act]] of 1996 restricted online speech that could potentially be seen by children. Supporters of [[free speech]], however, had most of the act's provisions overturned.

 

 

In March 2009, the anti-censorship site Wikileaks published a list of internet sites which had been banned within Australia. The list included a pro-Christian pro-life website.

== "Enemies of the Internet" ==

== "Enemies of the Internet" ==