12 March-World Day Against Cyber Censorship

Today is 12 March "World Day Against Cyber Censorship". It is an online event held each year to support unrestricted Internet that is accessible to all and to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online. According to wikipedia this day is first observed on 12 march 2008 at request of two NGO groups Amnesty International(commonly focous on human right) and Reporters without Borders(France based international NGO who promotes freedom of information).


AdBlock, The browser extension that is known for blocking annoying advertisements is also supporting/celebrating World Day Against Cyber Censorship by showing ads of Amnesty. Supporting ads . CEO of Adblock Gabriel Cubbage published a post called "Why AdBlock Is "Un-Blocking" Amnesty Banners Today" on their website for support Censorship.
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According to a Paris-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, started publishing a list of "Enemies of the Internet".The organization classifies a country as an enemy of the internet because "all of these countries mark themselves out not just for their capacity to censor news and information online but also for their almost systematic repression of Internet users." In 2007 a second list of countries "Under Surveillance" (originally "Under Watch") was added.

Current Enemies of the Internet:
Internet Censorship China
 Bahrain: 2012 to present
 Belarus: 2006-2008, 2012 to present
 China: 2008 to present
 Cuba: 2006 to present
 Ethiopia: 2014 to present
 India: 2014 to present
 Iran: 2006 to present
 North Korea: 2006 to present
 Pakistan: 2014 to present
 Russia: 2014 to present
 Saudi Arabia: 2006 to present
 Sudan: 2014 to present
 Syria: 2006 to present
 Turkmenistan: 2006 to present
 United Arab Emirates: 2014 to present
 United Kingdom: 2014 to present
 United States: 2014 to present
 Uzbekistan: 2006 to present

 Read explained post on Enemies of the internet published by eff.org called "A Short Guide to the Internet’s Biggest Enemies"
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