Here we go again... yet another ban comes from Chinese officials, this time targeting Flickr.com, one of the world's most popular online photo-sharing sites and owned by Yahoo. When will these censure policies, undermining personal freedom of speech, information and human rights come to an end in what is now called "world power" China? Unless China learns how to cleverly enpower its masses and it acknowledges its duties towards its people's growth and commitments, will there be a future for China, as a nation, on the world stage?
Reuters reports:
Flickr - popular among a growing class of digital photo enthusiasts in the world's second-largest Internet market - has not shown photos to users in mainland China since last week, amid rumours Beijing took action after images of the Tiananmen massacre in early June 1989 were posted.
The Communist Party has banned references to the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in state media, the Internet and books as part of a whitewash campaign, meaning most young Chinese are ignorant of the events.
Public discussion of the massacre is still taboo in China and the government has rejected calls to overturn the verdict that the student-led protests were subversive. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, were killed when the army crushed the democracy movement.
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