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From: Félicien PILLOT
Subject: www/proprietary proprietary-censorship.html pro...
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 12:14:17 -0400 (EDT)

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     FĂ©licien PILLOT <felandral>     17/04/09 12:14:16

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-censorship.html 
                         proprietary-jails.html 

Log message:
        [#1204846] Move 7 items from ...-censorship.html to ...-jails.html

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.22&r2=1.23
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.11&r2=1.12

Patches:
Index: proprietary-censorship.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-censorship.html,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- proprietary-censorship.html 3 Apr 2017 13:46:51 -0000       1.22
+++ proprietary-censorship.html 9 Apr 2017 16:14:16 -0000       1.23
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 isn't.</p>
 
 <ul>
+
   <li><p>Google 
       <a 
href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0316/Google-Family-Link-gives-parents-a-way-to-monitor-preteens-accounts";>
        offers censorship software</a>, ostensibly for parents to put into
@@ -35,74 +36,6 @@
 </li>
 
 <li><p>
-Apple used its censorship system to enforce Russian
-surveillance <a
-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/technology/linkedin-blocked-in-russia.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0";>
-by blocking distribution of the LinkedIn app in Russia</a>.</p>
-
-<p>This is ironic because LinkedIn is a surveillance system
-itself. While subjecting its users to its own surveillance, it tries
-to protect its users from Russian surveillance, and is therefore
-subject to Russian censorship.</p>
-
-<p>However, the point here is the wrong of Apple's censorship of
-apps.</p>
-</li>
-
-  <li><p>
-Apple used its censorship system to enforce
-China's censorship <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/apple-removes-new-york-times-app-in-china";>by
-blocking distribution of the New York Times app</a>.</p></li>
-
-  <li><p>
-Apple censors
-games, <a 
href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/05/apple-says-game-about-palestinian-child-isnt-a-game";>banning
-some games from the cr&hellip;app store</a> because of which political
-points they suggest. Some political points are apparently considered
-acceptable.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li><p>
-Apple <a href="http://ifixit.org/blog/7401/ifixit-app-pulled/";>
-banned a program from the App Store</a> because its developers
-committed the enormity of disassembling some iThings.
-</p></li>
-
-<li><p>
-Apple rejected an app that displayed the locations of US drone
-assassinations, giving various excuses. Each time the developers
-fixed one &ldquo;problem&rdquo;, Apple complained about another.
-After the fifth rejection,
-Apple <a 
href="http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/apple-app-tracks-drone-strikes/";>admitted
-it was censoring the app based on the subject matter</a>.
-</p></li>
-
-<li><p>
-As of 2015, Apple <a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/apple-anti-choice-tendencies-showing-in-app-store-reproductive-rights";>systematically
 bans apps that endorse abortion
-rights or would help women find abortions</a>.</p>
-
-<p>
-This particular political slant <a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/dec/01/siri-abortion-apple-unintenional-omissions";>
-affects other Apple services</a>.
-</p></li>
-
-<li><p>
-<a
-href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/03/google-pulls-ad-blocking-app-for-samsung-phones";>Google
-censored installation of Samsung's ad-blocker,</a> saying that
-blocking ads is &ldquo;interference&rdquo; with the sites that
-advertise (and surveil users through ads).</p>
-
-<p>The ad-blocker is proprietary software, just like the program (Google
-Play) that Google used to deny access to install it. Using a nonfree program
-gives the owner power over you, and Google has exercised that power.</p>
-
-<p>Google's censorship, unlike that of Apple and Microsoft, is not total:
-Android allows users to install apps in other ways. You can install
-free programs from f-droid.org.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li><p>
 The <a
 
href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-3ds-charges-30-cents-to-remove-an-in/1100-6421996/";>Nintendo
 3DS</a> censors web browsing; it is possible to turn off the
@@ -169,7 +102,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/04/03 13:46:51 $
+$Date: 2017/04/09 16:14:16 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-jails.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -b -r1.11 -r1.12
--- proprietary-jails.html      7 Jan 2017 12:25:51 -0000       1.11
+++ proprietary-jails.html      9 Apr 2017 16:14:16 -0000       1.12
@@ -28,6 +28,74 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+<li><p>
+Apple used its censorship system to enforce Russian
+surveillance <a
+href="http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/technology/linkedin-blocked-in-russia.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0";>
+by blocking distribution of the LinkedIn app in Russia</a>.</p>
+
+<p>This is ironic because LinkedIn is a surveillance system
+itself. While subjecting its users to its own surveillance, it tries
+to protect its users from Russian surveillance, and is therefore
+subject to Russian censorship.</p>
+
+<p>However, the point here is the wrong of Apple's censorship of
+apps.</p>
+</li>
+
+  <li><p>
+Apple used its censorship system to enforce
+China's censorship <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/apple-removes-new-york-times-app-in-china";>by
+blocking distribution of the New York Times app</a>.</p></li>
+
+  <li><p>
+Apple censors
+games, <a 
href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/05/apple-says-game-about-palestinian-child-isnt-a-game";>banning
+some games from the cr&hellip;app store</a> because of which political
+points they suggest. Some political points are apparently considered
+acceptable.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li><p>
+Apple <a href="http://ifixit.org/blog/7401/ifixit-app-pulled/";>
+banned a program from the App Store</a> because its developers
+committed the enormity of disassembling some iThings.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p>
+Apple rejected an app that displayed the locations of US drone
+assassinations, giving various excuses. Each time the developers
+fixed one &ldquo;problem&rdquo;, Apple complained about another.
+After the fifth rejection,
+Apple <a 
href="http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/apple-app-tracks-drone-strikes/";>admitted
+it was censoring the app based on the subject matter</a>.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p>
+As of 2015, Apple <a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/apple-anti-choice-tendencies-showing-in-app-store-reproductive-rights";>systematically
 bans apps that endorse abortion
+rights or would help women find abortions</a>.</p>
+
+<p>
+This particular political slant <a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/dec/01/siri-abortion-apple-unintenional-omissions";>
+affects other Apple services</a>.
+</p></li>
+
+<li><p>
+<a
+href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/03/google-pulls-ad-blocking-app-for-samsung-phones";>Google
+censored installation of Samsung's ad-blocker,</a> saying that
+blocking ads is &ldquo;interference&rdquo; with the sites that
+advertise (and surveil users through ads).</p>
+
+<p>The ad-blocker is proprietary software, just like the program (Google
+Play) that Google used to deny access to install it. Using a nonfree program
+gives the owner power over you, and Google has exercised that power.</p>
+
+<p>Google's censorship, unlike that of Apple and Microsoft, is not total:
+Android allows users to install apps in other ways. You can install
+free programs from f-droid.org.</p>
+</li>
+
 <li>
 <p><a 
href="http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-yo.html";>
 iOS, the operating system of the Apple iThings, is the prototype of a
@@ -151,7 +219,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/01/07 12:25:51 $
+$Date: 2017/04/09 16:14:16 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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