Chinese Government Bans Unauthorized Video

January 29th, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

I predicted December 27 that the “main event” at that summer’s Olympic games — now 200 days away — will be the “clash amidst the Chinese Communist Party, which will use biometrics, surveillance, censorship and an army of goons to suppress info about China’s many problems, versus journalists and tourists, who will

use digital cameras, wireless gadgets, and the Web to show China’s dirty laundry to the world.” The government has been getting a head start recently by rounding up all critics and proclaiming that “only state-sanctioned companies would be allowed to broadcast video and audio files on the INTERNET.”

Orginal post by Mike

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