The restrictions can be applied at various levels: a government can attempt to apply them nationwide ( see Internet censorship ), or they can, for example, be applied by an ISP to its clients, by an employer to its personnel, by a school to its students, by a library to its visitors, by a parent to a child's computer, or by an individual user to his or her own computer.

Category: Internet censorship

* Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China

There is very little Internet censorship in Hong Kong beyond laws that criminalize the distribution of certain materials, particularly child pornography, obscene images, and pirated materials.

In 2006 Reporters Without Borders ( RWB ) removed Libya from their list of Internet enemies after a fact-finding visit found no evidence of Internet censorship.

More recently, War of Internet Addiction addressed internet censorship in China using World of Warcraft.

Meanwhile, the rise of satellite radio services as a major competitor have brought many of the advantages of Internet radio to an increasingly mobile listening public, including lack of censorship, greater choice, a more eclectic approach to format programming, and static-free digital sound quality.

* Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China

* Internet censorship in Pakistan

Category: Internet censorship in the United States

A famous quote of John Gilmore about Internet censorship: " The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

Examples of concern include the government censorship and surveillance and fellow wireless network users such as at an Internet cafe.

Their 21st century Internet censorship vigilance groups are called or cyber scouts.

* Using VPN to bypass internet censorship in How to Bypass Internet Censorship, a FLOSS Manual, 10 March 2011, 240 pp

Many email systems operators and users consider DNSBLs a valuable tool to share information about sources of spam, but others including some prominent Internet activists have objected to them as a form of censorship.

Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China is conducted under a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations.

The political and ideological background of the Internet censorship is considered to be one of Deng Xiaoping's favorite sayings in the early 1980s: " If you open the window for fresh air, you have to expect some flies to blow in.

The central government of China started its Internet censorship with three regulations.

In Australia, a similar view has been taken with regard to Internet censorship proposals, which ban pornographic websites featuring female ejaculation.

The Internet Affairs Bureau deals with Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China and represses " disruptive "( anti-Chinese government ) activity on the web in mainland China.

One instance is Internet censorship in mainland China by sorting out geographical IP addresses.

In accordance with these laws, more than sixty Internet regulations have been made by the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) government, implemented by provincial branches of state-owned ISPs, business companies, and organizations.

The relationship of the new agency to other agencies in the PRC which regulate the Internet was unclear from the announcement.

On 11 July 2003, the PRC government started granting licenses to businesses to open Internet cafe chains.

Business analysts and foreign Internet operators regard the licenses as intended to clamp down on information deemed harmful to the PRC government.

Since the beginning of 1996, the State has suspended all new applications from Internet service providers seeking to commence operations in the PRC ; moved to put all existing Internet services under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Electronics Industry, and the State Education Commission ; and attempted — without much success — to establish firewalls, limit the contents of home pages, and block access to certain Internet sites through routing filters.

GB18030 is the registered Internet name for the official character set of the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) superseding GB2312.

It may be the case that increased worldwide communication through radio, television, the Internet and globalization has reduced the tendency to regional variation.

The vast array of material on spiritual movements, anarchism, libertarian socialism and the Green Movement that is now available on the Internet has been perhaps more influential than any printed book.

The Internet has largely erased the distinction of shareware-most users now download the software directly from the developer's website rather than receiving it from another BBS user ' sharing ' it.

The popularity of Internet cafés has fallen in recent years, as most users prefer to access the Internet from home or work.

The term has become common Internet slang.

If you come up with an innovation that serves, that resonates with customers, the Internet will allow that innovation to spread dramatically faster than any other technology has enabled a new innovation to be adopted in the history of mankind.

Numerous newspapers and pamphlets are published on a regular basis, and one company has begun providing Internet service.

As the Internet has become increasingly important in global trade, the trade-show model has changed.

The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ) was a flop on its initial release, yet became a cult classic and has been called " the first cult film of the Internet era.

Since the advent of the Internet, the concept of community has less geographical limitation, as people can now gather virtually in an online community and share common interests regardless of physical location.

The term is of recent use but is not commonly used in psychology, and according to one analyst, " has been coined more on the Internet than in printed form because it does not appear in any previously published, psychiatric, unabridged, or abridged dictionary ".

The existence or otherwise of cabals has led to the Internet phenomenon originating on Usenet, " TINC " ( standing for There Is No Cabal ).

The Australian Internet Safety Advisory Body has information about " practical advice on Internet safety, parental control and filters for the protection of children, students and families " that also includes public libraries.

The term has become a conventional means to describe anything associated with the Internet and the diverse Internet culture.

The Dominican Republic has Cable Internet, ADSL, WIMAX, EDGE, EV-DO and UMTS / HSDPA in most parts of the country.

Esperanto is the working language of several non-profit international organizations such as the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, a left-wing cultural association, or Education @ Internet, which has developed from an Esperanto organization ; most others are specifically Esperanto organizations.

In the past much Internet traffic was routed through the U. S. and the UK, but this has changed ; for example, in 2000, 95 % of intra-German Internet communications was routed via the DE-CIX Internet exchange point in Frankfurt.

The Internet, facilitated by the development of search engines, has grown into a common source of information for many people, and provides easy access to reliable original sources and expert opinions, thanks in part to initiatives such as Google Books, MIT's release of its educational materials and the open PubMed Central library of the National Library of Medicine.

Nevertheless, the global Internet traffic has continued its exponential growth, undisturbed, and it is estimated at 21 exabytes per month.