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...clashing rhetoric is a symptom of Latin America's ongoing culture wars. For a long time, a virtual feudal domain of conservative Roman Catholicism, the region has also spawned some of the most influential leftist movements on the planet - and ideas that are now in a contest with the Church for dominion over Latin America. The leftist Democratic Revolution Party or PRD has controlled Mexico City since 1997, and passed a wave of other reforms, making the capital into what advocates say is a beacon of social progressiveness. The changes have been possible because of Mexico's federal system, which...
...year 2009 will not be remembered as the year Chinese censors decided to lighten up. This week, the Chinese agency that oversees the country's Internet-domain-name registry announced it will limit the system to use by businesses, effectively excluding private citizens from registering new domains. The new rules, which the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) put into place on Dec. 14, are meant to restrict online pornography. But some new-media experts say they may add another tool to the country's array of Internet controls. "Many believe that the crackdown on porn was just an excuse...
...This week's move by CNNIC to limit registrations to licensed businesses will affect domains ending in .cn. There are now nearly 13 million .cn domain names, about 80% of the total websites registered in China. The policy came after state broadcaster China Central Television, which has targeted search engines such as Google and China's Baidu.com in several reports this year about the prevalence of online porn, turned its attention to what it described as CNNIC's lax standards for regulating Chinese domains. The .cn domain is a leading source of online fraud, according to the Internet-security firm...
...Green Dam plan was curtailed following complaints from Internet users and foreign computer manufacturers that it would excessively restrict Web surfing and would allow a dangerous gateway for computer viruses. The new domain-registering restrictions have also prompted complaints. "The point is that there is no law that allows for this," wrote a commenter on a forum at Tianya, a Chinese Web forum. "As a government organization, why can the CNNIC disregard the laws?" Another Chinese commenter described the move as "the most substantial Internet censorship campaign I've seen...
...unlike the Green Dam incident, there is no sign yet that the authorities plan to reverse course. Chinese who want to get around the restrictions can do so fairly easily by registering .com domains overseas, but some analysts say that avenue might soon be restricted as well. "The new regulation also sends a signal that there might be more restrictions down the road," says Mao. "One plausible step is to talk with foreign organizations and have them make it harder for Chinese users to register for other domain names." If that happens, Chinese Web users will find one more door...