The Writer's Pulse

Hillary Clinton recently commented on the state of Internet censorship during a speech at the Newseum in Washington, stating that the United States “stand[s] for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas.”

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Burma is the worst country in the world for bloggers:

The government, which shut down the Internet altogether during a popular uprising in 2007, has the capability to monitor e-mail and other communication methods and to block users from viewing Web sites of political opposition groups, according to OpenNet Initiative. At least two bloggers are now in prison. – 10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger

Other countries on the list include Iran, Cuba, and China.

This just highlights how lucky many of us are when it comes to sharing our thoughts, political or otherwise, on the Internet.

How do you feel about the list, and Internet censorship in general?