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posted by on Tuesday July 21 2015, @04:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the someone-stomp-these-guys-already dept.

From this article on vice.com:

The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has severely restricted use of the internet in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, requiring that all residents — including those in the militant group's ranks — access the web from observed internet cafes, according to international monitoring organizations.

An IS leaflet photographed and circulated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), advises that "all owners of shops with satellite internet must comply with the following: Removing Wi-Fi boosters in internet cafés as well as private wireless adaptors, even for soldiers of the Islamic State."

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Activists worry that internet restriction is intended to clamp down on citizen journalists, human rights workers, and potential IS defectors.

Even under IS rule, activists have managed to sneak out videos, images, and accounts of daily life. In September, a woman with a camera hidden in her niqab walked through the city narrating her experience. The smuggled footage was aired on French TV.


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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday July 21 2015, @06:58PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 21 2015, @06:58PM (#212051) Journal

    I understand your wish to appreciate that some people could have a sincere interest in it. But the sentiment's framing is fundamentally dishonest, not just made dishonest by hypocrites. "Small government" is an answer to a useless question, namely: "devoid of specific concerns what size should the government be?" Which isn't being asked by much of anyone, because specific concerns exist all over the place.

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