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Do Half Of Americans Really Want The Gov't To Regulate The Inter...

Techdirt  Thu, 06/26/2008 - 15:36

You can prove almost anything you want with surveys if you word them correctly. Remember a couple months ago, when we were discussing a study that suggested people in China were "happy" with the government's regulation of the internet?



 

Are People In China Happy With The Great Firewall?

Techdirt  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:15

We've heard this argument plenty of times in the past, but a recent study suggests that 85% of people surveyed in China are perfectly fine with the Great Firewall, saying that they believe the government has a responsibility to "protect" them from dangerous content.

Of course, this is always how the government has positioned the filter: not as "blocking" content it doesn't like, but as protecting citizens from "dangerous" content.