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International Olympic Committee Admits to Internet Censorship Deal with China

Reuters
  • July 30, 2008, 10:28 am PDT
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In follow up to China's Internet spying and censorship during the Olympics, today's reports indicate that some officials from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had made prior arrangements to allow China block sensitive websites despite promises of unrestricted access.

China had committed to providing media with the same freedom to report on the Games as they enjoyed at previous Olympics, but journalists have this week complained of finding access to sites deemed sensitive to its communist leadership blocked, Nick Mulvenney of Reuters reports.

Update 7/31/2008: IOC has issued a statement saying, that "no deal with the Chinese authorities to censor the internet has ever in any way been entered into."

Read full story: Reuters

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