March 01, 2005
Blogs Subvert Government Censorship In Nepal
After the February 1st Royal Takeover in Nepal, King Gyandendra censored the media, arrested journalists and cut communications. But tech-savvy journalists are using their blogs to get news out to the rest of the world, according to Online Journalism Review.
Asia Media reports that in the fight against the King Gyanendra's media censorship, the Internet is playing a vital and unexpected role. Bloggers are becoming Nepal's new watchdogs. In the face of strict rules restricting print, television and radio communications, Nepali journalists have begun using web logs, or blogs, to communicate their opinions and news to the outside world.
There are currently two blogs run by Nepalese journalists, Radio Free Nepal (http://freenepal.blogspot.com/) and United We Blog! (http://www.blog.com.np/), which have generated considerable interest in the blog community.
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Posted by Buzz Webster at March 1, 2005 10:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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