Vietnam Net cafe censors
p2pnet.net News:- Vietnam is joining in on what’s turning into a major international priority – stomp Net cafes.
China is relentlessly determined to stop teenagers from using Net cafes to communicate with each other (and the free world ), speaking of which, Los Angeles City Council recently approved an law restricting the hours during which "minors" can visit Net cafes and calling for video cameras.
Vietnam is ordering the seven state-owned ISPs to terminate contracts with cyber cafes that allow customers to access pornographic or anti-government websites in the, "latest in a string of measures unveiled in recent months to prevent ‘bad and poisonous information’ being circulated online," says ChannelNewsAsia here.
Cafe owners are also told to monitor customers’ use of the web for violations of government regulations, such as distributing viruses and accessing pornographic sites or those that "threaten national security".
"Hanoi is determined to prevent pro-democracy advocates using the Internet to communicate and voice their opposition to the government," says the report.
Seventy-two-year-old Pham Que Duong, who criticized corruption in Vietnam and called for democratic reforms online, was sentenced to 19 months in jail, as was professor Tran Khue, arrested with Duong.
