[107236] in Cypherpunks
maginot line, er, Great Firewall, political spam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Thu Jan 7 02:06:00 1999
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 07:44:17 +0100
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: iwar@sirius.infonex.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
>`Great Firewall' breached
>
> `Hacktivists' seek to ease Chinese government control
>
> BY MAGGIE FARLEY
> Los Angeles Times
>
> It's a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Editors warn subscribers not to
> forward the e-mails to their friends. Distribution of ``subversive'' or
> ``divisive'' material can mean a life sentence in China. The creators of
> The 30-year-old Shanghai software entrepreneur has been branded China's
> first ``cyberdissident.'' He is charged with providing VIP Reference
> with 30,000 e-mail addresses, including those of top officials. His Dec.
> 4 trial was closed to the public -- even his wife was prevented from
> attending. His lawyers argued that authorities couldn't stop the
> message, so they arrested the messenger.
>
> Lin is awaiting a verdict.
He's likely pavement, or soap.
Political spam (not to be confused with political pork) anyone?
Or is spam a greater evil?
Besotted minds want to know.
