http://clipmarks.com/clipper/benjaminoaks/tag/internet/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/benjaminoaks/tag/internet/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B422EA23-393D-42D8-BEA9-4CE2C5482D25/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/benjaminoaks/">benjaminoaks</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> This is the essnece of the internet - information should be free. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://irrepressible.info/" title="http://irrepressible.info/">irrepressible.info</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/benjaminoaks/512/1EBB0150-9AC3-4D60-9710-EB5442F5D138.gif" alt="irrepressible.info" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id='first_column'> <h1>Irrepressible <span id="definition">Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control.</span></h1> <p> Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information. </p> <p> The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression. </p> <p> Amnesty International, with the support of The Observer, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress. </p> <p> <a href="http://irrepressible.info/about">Find out more about this campaign</a></p> <h2>Be irrepressible</h2> <ul class="participation"> <li> <a href="http://irrepressible.info/pledge">Sign our pledge on Internet freedom</a> to call on all governments and companies to ensure the Internet is a force for political freedom, not repression.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/shi">Take action to free Shi Tao.</a> Write to the Chinese authorities and Yahoo to urge the release of journalist Shi Tao, serving 10 years in prison for sending an email to a pro-democracy website.</li> <li> <a href="http://irrepressible.info/addcontent">Undermine censorship</a> by publishing irrepressible fragments of censored material on your own site. The more people take part, the more we can defeat unwarranted censorship and create an unstoppable network of protest.</li> </ul> </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/action/" rel="tag">action</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/academics/" rel="tag">academics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/big+business/" rel="tag">big business</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/good+idea/" rel="tag">good idea</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/internet/" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/mass+media/" rel="tag">mass media</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/political/" rel="tag">political</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/progressive/" rel="tag">progressive</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">propaganda</a></div>http://irrepressible.info/Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:18:23 GMT