China censors Web to curb Inner Mongolia protests
Found on Computerworld on Sunday, 29 May 2011
The censorship comes after protests erupted in the region when an ethnic Mongolian shepherd was run over by an ethnic Han truck driver, according to human rights groups. Ethnic Mongolians in the region have taken to the streets, prompting authorities to declare martial law in some of the cities.
The Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center said on its website that China's most popular instant messenger service QQ, which helped organize the mass protests, has been shutdown in the region.
China is a prime example of the consquences of too much control, and other countries still want to introduce more censorship. The chinese government censors in the name of national security while others want to use the same methods to stop your average kid from downloading a song. Honestly, I don't know who is worse.