North Korea and South Australia Agree on Censorship: Web 2 Banned

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Leigh Blackall[Edit][Delete]: North Korea and South Australia Agree on Censorship: Web 2 Banned, Teach and Learn Online [Edit][Delete] January 30, 2006

[link: 9 Hits] The only consolation - if there is any - is that North Korea and South Australia are by no means alone in their dislike for new web technologies. Still. Leigh Blackall comments, "Some might say, 'take it to the media Bill, blow the lid off it' - but from what I've seen and heard on the mainstream media toilet papers, teleblindness and radio monotony, they're buying into the fear frenzy and are not interested in representing a range of views on Internet censorship in schools." Perhaps if we set a better example, we wouldn't be so worried. Related: Judy Breck ,a href="http://goldenswamp.com/2006/01/30/teaching-information-literacy-skills-or-censoring-kids/">comments, "What scares me is there is not the least hesitation in the article to assume educators must approve what students study". More...