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To Silence a Learner (Censorship Brickfilm PSA)
Made by Ben Young and CJ Turner for English Class. I made this film over the course of last week. It was definitely a little daunting at first, even with the snow day which allowed me to work on it all day. Even so, I am pretty proud of how it turned out in the end. I have improved my animation from earlier films, and have added some JK-esque animation. I have also began using mostly my own sound effects, except for a few that I got from Flashkit. But even so, I hope you enjoy this film, however different from my normal fare it is. More usual brickfilms will be coming soon! Disclaimer: This animation is not endorsed, supported, or created by the American Library Association or the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Like me on the compendium of countenance: http://www.facebook.com Follow on the Tweety Birds: twitter.com Dirt Rhodes by Kevin Macleod. Royalty Free: incompetech.com Tags: "stop motion" LEGO brickfilm animation censorship book banning "book banning library internet sonjira central "sonjira central" psa school newspaper

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Iranians face a decent amount of governmental censorship when they attempt to log into the Internet from their country. However, for even the most not-so-savvy of tech folk, receiving unfettered access to the Web at large is as easy as firing up a VPN application and tunneling your way past governmental blocks.

Or, at least, it was.

"Within the last few days illegal VPN ports in the country have been blocked," said Iranian official Ramezanali Sobhani-Fard in an interview with Reuters. "Only legal and registered VPNs can from now on be used."

So, those looking to tap into Facebook, YouTube, various news sites and, yes, even Google's search engine itself (among other banned websites) will have to find different methods for doing so which do exist, according to an Iranian interviewed by Reuters who said he was using an unnamed software tool to bypass Iran's blocks.

Of course, it would be incorrect to say that Iran's banning VPNs in general. In actuality, the government is already supplying access to "official" and "legal" VPN services that Iranian businesses can tap into.

"We have started distributing official VPN services for Iranian users. Those need this service to open safe connections can apply in the program and we will review their cases one by one. If their request was approved, then we will introduce legal providers and licensed clients can buy their needed services," said Iran's Mehdi Akhavan Behabadi in February interview with the Tehran Chronicle.

Of course, such a move also allows government officials to more directly monitor that which users are attempting to access via said government-sanctioned VPNs.

"By launching this program, Iranian government can prosecute users who are violating state laws and Internet Filtering Committee will be able to take offenders to national courts under supervision of judiciary service," Behabadi said.

It remains to be seen just how Iran's latest crackdown on Internet access or in this case, the means by which the country's industrious citizens bypass Iran's filters for the Web will play a role in the country's upcoming presidential election in June. Protesters during the 2009 Iranian elections made good use of social networking services like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to receive news, organize, and post up-to-the-minute information about that was happening during their various demonstrations.

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Say_No_To_Censorship
The video for KDU MPW 2013 presentation. Censorship

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At Issue #2511 "Book Censorship"
A discussion on the reasons why some people attempt to censor books, particularly those for children, and how libraries respond. An ISU English professor and a librarian will explain policies that address the issue. Guests: Jan Susina - Illinois State Univ. English Professor; Genna Buhr -- Fondulac District Library; and Roberta Koscielski - Peoria Public Library Associate Director

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Jimmy Kimmel FCC Censorship
Check it out, funny stuff here.

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