Internet Censorship - How to get around it

I wrote about Iranian internet access and censorship one year before the current crisis in which the Iranian government is clamping down on its use. There is social unrest as the Iranian presidential elections seem to have been more selection than election, and as citizens attempt to communicate concerns and civil unrest to the world, Iran is attempting to hamper access.

Luckily, the cat is already out of the bag. A connected populace is not going back to the dark ages, and young people have been figuring out innovative ways of staying one step ahead of the censors. The same actions are occurring in China, where the government has built an enormous infrastructure surrounding the censorship of the internet.

If you are accessing this blog post from inside Iran, China, or another state run by an oppressive regime, I urge you to read on.

To better surf the internet, and search key terms which may be blocked from you - use a proxy server. It allows you to surf undetected - and many are available as some get blocked by your government. This is also handy for Canadians and Americans, who will likely suffer a loss of privacy as new pending legislation will allow local police forces to access your private information from your internet provider.

Resources:

Visit http://opennet.net/ for more information about internet censorship.

Here are some proxy servers you can use to surf anonymously:

http://www.AntiBlocking.Info

http://www.BeatFiltering.Info

http://www.PeoplesUnBlocker.Info

http://www.MafiaUnBlocker.Info

http://www.HiddenNet.Info

Entire list available at http://www.proxyhustle.com/biglist.php