The Belorussian Government Has Tightened Its Insane Stranglehold On The Internet

I first saw this mentioned in this weeks New Scientist magazine.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-06/europe/30596491_1_president-alexander-lukashenko-belarus-internet

AP|January 06, 2012

The government in the former Soviet nation of Belarus has approved a new law tightening official control over the Internet.

The legal amendments enacted Friday bar Belorussian businessmen from using outside Internet resources. They also formalize restrictions on Internet use introduced earlier by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, which required Internet service providers to monitor users and report them to authorities if they visit opposition websites blacklisted by the government.

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