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Internet Censhorship

January 2nd, 2010 admin

The Los Angeles Times reported that in South Korea, Cyber Bullies were bullying people to watch what they say on the Internet.

In recent years, celebrities, authors and ordinary South Koreans have been subjected to relentless online assaults — at times with disastrous, or even lethal, effects.

Most South Korean cyber bullies are teenagers hiding behind the cloak of Internet anonymity, analysts say, products of a highly regimented culture in which the young are discouraged from speaking their minds with parents, teachers and bosses. At home in their rooms, they let loose, often at the slightest provocation.

In an effort to bring civility to the Internet, the government of South Korean, has put together a bill that would punish those who insult others on the Internet with up to three years of jail or a $30k fine.  The bill was unsuccesful.

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