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The Hidden Censors of the Internet

Longreads Pick

Journey with us to a state where an unaccountable panel of censors vets 95 per cent of citizens’ domestic internet connections. The content coming into each home is checked against a mysterious blacklist by a group overseen by nobody, which keeps secret the list of censored URLs not just from citizens, but from internet service providers themselves. And until recently, few in that country even knew the body existed. Are we in China? Iran? Saudi Arabia? No – the United Kingdom, in 2009.

Author: CJ Davies
Source: Wired
Published: May 20, 2009
Length: 12 minutes (3,012 words)