Unfree Deutsche Welle
am 17.10.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. German news group Deutsche Welle broadcasts world-wide and currently sponsors a blog contest called BOBs where DW proclaims its status as a champion of free speech and a free press.
Free speech in its home country has suffered lately, however, particularly in the internet space. An anti-anonimity and anti-privacy requirement called Impressumspflicht and the recent Odem.org decision from Stuttgart that prohibits a satirical website are two examples out of a range of censorship measures that cover a substantial amount of internet activities.
Clearly, Deutsche Welle is to be commended for lauding Bosnian, Iraqi or Iranian bloggers as courageous champions of freedoms. Hopefully, DW has the courage to look in the mirror and report on the censorship in its own reporting environment. Censorship takes many forms, …
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