Communist China blocks You Tube--(Brings to mind MLB.com)

BEIJING (AP) - "Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the popular U.S. video Web site.

• The blocking added to the communist government's efforts to control what the public saw and heard about protests that erupted Friday in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, against Chinese rule.

Access to YouTube.com, usually readily available in China, was blocked after videos appeared on the site Saturday showing foreign news reports about the Lhasa demonstrations, montages of photos and scenes from Tibet-related protests abroad.

• There were no protest scenes posted on China-based video Web sites such as 56.com, youku.com and tudou.com....

Foreign Web sites run by news organizations and human rights groups are regularly blocked if they carry sensitive information. Operators of China-based online bulletin boards are required to monitor their content and enforce censorship.

• China has at least 210 million Internet users, according to the government, and is expected to overtake the United States soon to have the biggest population of Web surfers.

Beijing tightened controls on online video with rules that took effect Jan. 30 and limited video-sharing to state-owned companies."...

• From AP report, "China Blocks You Tube over Tibet videos," 3/16/08 via the Drudge Report.

P.S. I won't be checking any Communist Chinese media for the correct score of the latest baseball game. sm

• WAY TO GO BUD! SOME SOCIAL CONSCIENCE!

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