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Burmese ban on political websites



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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_611000/611836.stm

Burmese ban on political websites 

Burma has strict controls over internet use

By regional analyst James Miles 

The Burmese authorities have banned the
country's internet users from issuing
material of a political nature. 

Burmese television said the country's only
authorised internet service provider,
Myanmar Post and Telecommunications,
had outlawed the use of sites which were -
as it put it - detrimental to government
policies. 

The regulations will come as no surprise in
a country that has been among the most
hostile in Asia towards the internet
revolution. 
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