Forum 18 Archive, CHINA: Government blocks religious websites: "Chinese web-users are denied access to a range of religious sites based abroad, Forum 18 News Service has found after a two-month survey of how far the Chinese government's Golden Shield firewall, used to censor the internet, affects access to religious websites. Sites blocked include those related to the persecution of Christians and other religious faiths, the Dalai Lama, the Falun Gong religious movement, the Muslim Uygurs of Xinjiang and a number of Catholic sites, including the website of the Hong Kong diocese and the Divine Word Missionaries in Taiwan."

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Turning the tables on Nigeria's e-mail conmen

Salon.com Technology | Thou shalt not steal: "Christian teens are just as eager to file-swap copyrighted music as any other youngsters. But if the word of God gets spread, would Jesus give a damn?"

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Kenya's prisoners go hi-tech

>>> AsiaNews.it <<< Reporters Without Borders’ Cyberfreedom Prize goes to Chinese dissident

Jerusalem Post Internet Edition, Maverick visionary or eccentric academic?

Gay Spirituality & Culture blog -- with a comprehensive series of links to related spirituality pages.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Indian Government Orders Blocking of "Inflammatory" Website

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | China creates web vigilante site: "The Chinese authorities have begun a new website for people to report on what officials describe as illegal or unhealthy information on the internet"

The Daily Star - Arts & Culture - Tunisian 'miracle' blends Jews, Muslims

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Japan schoolgirl killer 'sorry'

The Daily Star - Arts & Culture - Keeper of The Word shares a few: on the role of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, and its application of the internet

Tolerance.org: MOVE OVER BARBIE: The Changing Face of Dolls non-tech digression

Wired News: XXXchurch Wants No More XXX Christian anti-pornography website controversy

CNN.com - Cyber church reacts to 'Satan' visit - May 19, 2004 "Britain's first three-dimensional cyber church has been forced to tighten security after a slew of abusive visitors ranted from the pulpit and swore in the aisles."

Middle East Online, 'Hand of Fatima', is it protective?

The Daily Star - Lebanon News - 'The Passion' gets a new twist on Al-Manar: "Al-Manar Television has triggered yet another storm of controversy by broadcasting trailers mimicking Mel Gibson's contentious film, 'The Passion of the Christ,' with coalition soldiers compared to the Romans and Jews in the movie, and the Iraqis' suffering to that of Jesus."

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Guardian Unlimited | Online | Nanny knows best "Considerate to a fault, the Chinese authorities have closed down more than 8,600 unlicensed internet cafes in the past three months to ensure the "healthy development" of the nation's impressionable young minds."

ABCNEWS.com : People Seek Haven From Too Much Data: "For the past 20 years Levy, a self-confessed e-mail addict, has sought balance between these disparate worlds. It has led him to meditation, aikido and, with his rabbi wife, a disciplined practice of Judaism. 'Because we observe Shabbat — the Sabbath — it means we don't work during that time, and I'm not on the computer,' he says. 'And as soon as the Sabbath is over, I run upstairs and go see what's happened in the last 24 or 25 hours.'"