{"id":5211,"date":"2011-03-08T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/03\/08\/mass-internet-censorship-in-effect-in-the\/"},"modified":"2011-03-08T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T15:15:36","slug":"mass-internet-censorship-in-effect-in-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/08\/mass-internet-censorship-in-effect-in-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass internet censorship in effect in the Maldives!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.jawish.org\/blog\/archives\/345-Mass-internet-censorship-in-effect-in-the-Maldives!.html'>Mass internet censorship in effect in the Maldives!<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<p>jaawish.org:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps it is too soon to raise alarm over the MoIA&rsquo;s tightening grip on the internet, perhaps it will be reversed soon. Either way, it is not too early to call for the establishment of clear guidelines and mechanisms for blocking websites, if the government really insists on continuing to stifle opinion. Letting anyone reign per their whims on the sole source of decent information available in the Maldives, to arbitrarily block websites and blackout large sections of the internet, does not seem very conducive towards the new government&rsquo;s promise of a free and democratic society.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass internet censorship in effect in the Maldives! jaawish.org:\u00a0 Perhaps it is too soon to raise alarm over the MoIA&rsquo;s tightening grip on the internet, perhaps it will be reversed soon. Either way, it is not too early to call for the establishment of clear guidelines and mechanisms for blocking websites, if the government really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[272],"class_list":["post-5211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","tag-voices","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1m3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4058,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/24\/badminton-association-of-maldives\/","url_meta":{"origin":5211,"position":0},"title":"badminton association of maldives","author":"monochromist","date":"February 24, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"badminton association of maldives","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tumblr_lh3z91jbFX1qzsz45o1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4069,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/24\/haveeru-online-maldives-police-reveal-facebook\/","url_meta":{"origin":5211,"position":1},"title":"Haveeru Online &#8211; Maldives police reveal Facebook accounts in blackmail case","author":"monochromist","date":"February 24, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"Haveeru Online - Maldives police reveal Facebook accounts in blackmail case","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3977,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/27\/who-is-munavvar-cyber-video-sex-scandal-rocks\/","url_meta":{"origin":5211,"position":2},"title":"Who is Munavvar?: Cyber video sex scandal rocks Maldives","author":"monochromist","date":"February 27, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"Who is Munavvar?: Cyber video sex scandal rocks Maldives","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4082,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/24\/the-case-relates-to-the-rights-of-many-citizens\/","url_meta":{"origin":5211,"position":3},"title":"The case relates to the\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"February 24, 2011","format":"quote","excerpt":"The case relates to the rights of many citizens and affects the social policy of the Maldives, and may also affect the safety of the society Police arrest 14 in massive Facebook nude photo blackmail ring\u00a0|\u00a0Minivan News","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4105,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/23\/and-we-are-to-trust-our-elders-our-teachers\/","url_meta":{"origin":5211,"position":4},"title":"And we are to trust\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"February 23, 2011","format":"quote","excerpt":"And we are to trust our elders, our teachers, Imams, Quran teachers, parents, relatives, siblings, our family friends who are accomplices to these crimes against humanity due to their silent complicity when all of this goes on right in front of their eyes\u2026? 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