Police States And The Internet

from the police-states dept

For everyone who’s upset about the continued attack on our civil rights in the US, be glad that you’re not living in some other places right now. In Jordan, a woman has been placed in jail for a letter she put online accusing the government of corruption. Meanwhile, in Egypt, the police are proud of the way they’ve been arresting gay men by finding them on the internet, and entrapping them with online ads.


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