Locog have banned the 70,000 volunteers for the London Olympics from getting into detailed discussions online about the Games.
Good luck policing that then!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Sweet Smell of Bullshit
The IOC would have the world believe that internet access in China, for the period of the Olympics, is more or less free and unfettered for the foreign journalists who are camped en masse there.
The IOC released a statement:
"The media should be seeing a noticeable difference in accessibility to websites that they need to report on the Olympic Games.
Open Internet access has always been assured by [Beijing Organising Committee] and the Chinese authorities, and the IOC is pleased to see these reassurances being upheld."
All very nice, except for one small problem.
It is bullshit!
Thousands of sites remain unavailable to both journalists and Beijing residents; including TypePad, LiveJournal, Philadelphia Inquirer, Technorati, parts of Wikipedia and the Huffington Post.
WebSitePulse.com has a "China Firewall test" tool, which lets users input a site's address to see if it's working in Beijing. Why not try it out for yourself?
The IOC does not come out of this very well at all.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Web Access in Beijing
The IOC have announced that Chinese and international organisers are working on a compromise to unblock censored websites for the foreign media.
Despite the fact that Beijing has unblocked a number of banned sites, including Amnesty International, there are others that remain blocked.
IOC President Jacques Rogge has promised free and unrestricted net access for foreign journalists during the games.
The IOC and the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, have set up a working group to determine which remaining censored websites can be opened up to reporters.
With nine days to go, they will have their work cut out!
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Despite the fact that Beijing has unblocked a number of banned sites, including Amnesty International, there are others that remain blocked.
IOC President Jacques Rogge has promised free and unrestricted net access for foreign journalists during the games.
The IOC and the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, have set up a working group to determine which remaining censored websites can be opened up to reporters.
With nine days to go, they will have their work cut out!
Don't forget to visit www.theolympicswarehouse.com
www.olympicsdiary.com brought to you by www.kenfrost.com "The Living Brand"
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Great Firewall of China
Those of you who are travelling to China for the forthcoming Beijing Olympics, who want to be able to access all of the web during the visit will need to use a proxy to get around the firewall.
When I go to China I use www.anonymouse.org. There are of course others, do a Google and look them up before you go.
Don't forget to visit www.theolympicswarehouse.com
www.olympicsdiary.com brought to you by www.kenfrost.com "The Living Brand"
When I go to China I use www.anonymouse.org. There are of course others, do a Google and look them up before you go.
Don't forget to visit www.theolympicswarehouse.com
www.olympicsdiary.com brought to you by www.kenfrost.com "The Living Brand"
Monday, February 11, 2008
British Censorship Shambles
The British Olympic Association (BOA) was forced into a humiliating, and well deserved, climbdown yesterday over its pathetic attempt to bar UK athletes from talking about politics and human rights during the Beijing Olympics.
The BOA had initially insisted that British athletes, if they wanted to compete in Beijing, would have to sign a contract stating that they "are not to comment on any politically sensitive issues" involving the host country.
Needless to say, this incredibly inept attempt at thought control went down like a lead balloon; and the BOA found itself under almost as much attack as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The BOA has now attempted to rewrite history, and perform an emergency makeover of its PR.
BOA Chief Executive, Simon Clegg, said in a statement:
"This is not our intention, nor is it our desire to restrict athletes' freedom of speech and the final agreement will reflect this."
The BOA now claim that it had only wanted to draw athletes' attention to a rule in the Olympic charter barring political propaganda at Olympic venues.
BOA claim that the goal is to focus Olympics' coverage on sports, rather than politics.
Well, they would say that wouldn't they?
The BOA had initially insisted that British athletes, if they wanted to compete in Beijing, would have to sign a contract stating that they "are not to comment on any politically sensitive issues" involving the host country.
Needless to say, this incredibly inept attempt at thought control went down like a lead balloon; and the BOA found itself under almost as much attack as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The BOA has now attempted to rewrite history, and perform an emergency makeover of its PR.
BOA Chief Executive, Simon Clegg, said in a statement:
"This is not our intention, nor is it our desire to restrict athletes' freedom of speech and the final agreement will reflect this."
The BOA now claim that it had only wanted to draw athletes' attention to a rule in the Olympic charter barring political propaganda at Olympic venues.
BOA claim that the goal is to focus Olympics' coverage on sports, rather than politics.
Well, they would say that wouldn't they?
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