Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com/usfirewall.htm The Horse's Mouth CENSORED « H » America :: THM :: email link If by chance you've never landed on the pages of Rotten.com while surfing the internet at some point or another, it's probably for the best. However, a few weeks back I was browsing through a collection of search results returned on Google and I noticed one of the links leading to Rotten.com. Given the myriad of oddities this site is known for, I was naturally somewhat curious as to what might lay at the other end of that link and eventually my curiosity got the better of me and I gave in to the impulse to give it a click. I half-way expected something surprisingly gruesome and tasteless that would shock me to no end and my expectations were not to be let down. I was shocked alright, but I wasn't shocked by the disturbing content the publishers of Rotten.com are known for splashing across their pages - it was the message that content had been replaced with: http://fotm.rotten.com/fotm/ Many might argue that the content of this site is tasteless and repulsive, something acknowledged by the title, and they would be correct. But, isn't this an attack on free speech or am I way off base? I'm open to other opinions. * Clarification: The US Government did not filter this website or employ technology to block access to it the way the government does in China. The US government simply tightened controls over what content may or may not be posted in accordance with US laws. In otherwords, indirect censorship. posted 02-02-06 tags: america great firewall censorship Other Lisa made this comment, I've been to Rotton. Trying to remember why. Was the whole site censored or just a particular page? and do we know for sure whether this is something the US Government put up? Or did they put it up themselves? Disturbing, certainly. But I'm findling lots of things disturbing these days... comment added :: 2nd February 2006, 12:18 GMT-05 :: http://www.papertigertail.blogspot.com THM made this comment, The notice is something they put on their site in response to the Government's new regulations. I did a Google for the statute given in place of the content and it matches with what they've posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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