On web censorship...

[daemonluna]

Anyone got Telus as their ISP? Quoted from a friend...

Telus has decided to disallow its customers to access a webpage that was posted by their union.

If you are using a telus internet connection, you will probably not be able to go to:
http://www.voices-for-change.com

In order to voice my concern, I have called telus' tech support (who is already stressed because that's who's on strike) and I asked a few questions:
- Why can't I get to www.voices-for.change.com
- What else does Telus filter?
- Are there plans to have telus filter anything else in the future?
- Will I be charged less this month because of the filtering?
- Is Telus aware that this action may result in the loss of their common-carrier status?

If you guys can think of any other questions, please post them. Distribute this message as you see fit, don't bother referencing it properly.

More information:
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2005/07/24/1145417-sun.html
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/25/1048247&threshold=4&tid=153&tid=95&tid=17

Of course, with the power of the Internet, it's hard to keep anything blocked. As a result, here is a 'proxy' of the page:
http://vfc.proxy.pfak.org/index.asp

Gah, this irks me.

Comments

[florence-chan.livejournal.com]

Complaints can be forwarded to the CRTC at:

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM/Register.asp?lang=E

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

Good idea! And thanks for the link.

[tekenduis.livejournal.com]

For the sake of my Tech Support bretheren, I think phoning Tech Support over this issue is sort of in poor taste. They're folk like me who have no control over what the company does and can't change anything. You're much better off to actually voice your concern to someone who CAN do something. Otherwise, it's just making an already extremely difficult job even worse.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

Very good point--and taking the time to write a letter or email might make more impact.