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Perspectives on Censorship: Canada

Posted: April 2nd, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Freedom of Expression | Tags: , , | No Comments »

BY AMRUTA MEHTA

In an earlier post, Amruta Mehta wondered whether censorship is the new sterilisation. Since then, she has taken her quest to find out whether censorship is indeed the latest global fad a step further by inquiring about this among friends from around the world. Today, written for Make Blog: a perspective from Canada. Read the original post here.

“Continuation of my little survey, explained here. If you haven’t already, do read the previous one on Mexico.

My questions were:

- Whether your country has a history of censorship
– Whether censorship has increased in the past decade
– My particular concern is web 2.0: blogging and social media – how have governments reacted to this?
– If you have any direct experiences of or related to censorship that you can and would like to speak about, and would not mind me publishing on my blog, please share.

The response below, is from a Canadian friend and former colleague, Daniel Scuka. Read the rest of this entry »