Blogger and social activist Sakiyama Nobuo [1] [ja] (see earlier coverage [2]) picks up a number of recent news stories and predicts that it may not be long before Chinese filtering policy is no longer thought of as “another country's problem” [3] [ja]. He points to the launch of the Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content [4], which he argues could put sites on a blacklist simply because they are “illegal” according to national laws, and points to a case in Finland [5] where something similar has already happened.
Japan: Filtering going global
· Written by Chris Salzberg
Categories: East Asia, Western Europe, China, Finland, Japan, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Law, Technology, Youth