From: “Wayne Clerke” <wclerke@emirates.net.ae>
To: <Lynx_User@linux.nycmetro.com>
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From: "Wayne Clerke" <wclerke@emirates.net.ae>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 07:30:41 -0800 (PST)
To: <Lynx_User@linux.nycmetro.com>
Subject: Re: uae_1.html (UAE censoring Internet)
Message-ID: <199701291529.TAA02374@ns2.emirates.net.ae>
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I've checked the filtering out already ... it's pretty extensive. Far, far
more than Singapore's 'hundred' or so pages. The granularity is such that
things like http://www.domain/~user/main may be passed, while a link from
that
page to a subpage may be blocked. I guess they can afford to do
this with so few users and little traffic. Never thought I'd be real
interested in how Net Nanny worked ... but I am now.
I'd be happy to hear from anyone with good ideas (or (accessible) pointers)
about how to minimize the effects of this stupidity ... :-(
Regards,
Mail: <a href=mailto:wclerke@emirates.net.ae>Wayne Clerke</a>
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> Monday January 27 9:50 AM EST
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> UAE Launches Service To Censor Internet
>
> DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates's monopoly Internet provider launched
> a service Saturday to censor sites in cyberspace that breached local
> moral values and traditions.
>
> Officials from state telecommunications company Etisalat said the new
> Proxy Service would be compulsory for the UAE's 9,669 subscribers, who
> will have to configure their web browsers that navigate the net by
> February 2.
>
> "The service was launched today as part of our efforts to improve the
> Internet service to our subscribers after lengthy study and research,"
> said one official at Etisalat.
>
> "We were working on it before some official statements were made on
> the need to control access to some sites on the service," he told
> Reuters.
>
> The move follows repeated calls to regulate access to the Internet in
> the conservative Gulf region, where most women are veiled, magazine
> pictures revealing cleavage or bare legs are blacked out and
> questioning the existence of god can be punishable by death.
>
> Some are worried about the spread of pornography as well as religious
> and political material through the worldwide network of interlinked
> computers.
>
> Last year, Dubai Police chief Major General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim
> created a rare public row in the UAE saying the information ministry
> and the police, rather that Etisalat, should be authorized to issue
> Internet licenses as it was their job to monitor data coming into the
> UAE and maintain security.
>
> Telecommunications experts say the Proxy Service will not be "fully
> water-tight," but would help block access to known and unwanted sites
> -- a list of which could be constantly updated.
>
> The proxy server will be pre-fed with Internet addresses where access
> is blocked off, industry sources said. But the server will be unable
> to block access if addresses of prohibited sites are changed, as
> frequently happens.
>
> Etisalat says it will disconnect any customer who abused its Internet
> services and violated "order and clear laws."
>
> "Singapore has succeeded to a great extent in its drive to control
> harm done by the Internet," said another Etisalat official. "Why
> cannot we?"
>
> Singapore government measures to regulate political and religious
> content on the Internet and keep it free of pornography became
> effective in July last year. They require all Internet service
> operators and local content providers to be registered with the
> Singapore Broadcasting Authority.
>
> Copyright, Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved
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