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Shane Kerr <[log in to unmask]>
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Shane Kerr <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:21:43 +0000
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Alejandro,

At 2017-04-12 09:06:53 -0400
Alejandro Acosta <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> > Of course other countries like China have a deliberately vague system
> > designed to maximize chilling effects. (Google's approach before they
> > kicked themselves out of China was to explicitly identify censorship,
> > and so probably not much appreciated by the government.) In that case
> > you are right they would disable any features in a censorship system to
> > make it clear what is going on.
> >
> > Note also that countries like France have a secret blacklist that is  
> Do you know countries where the list is not secret?

I didn't mean to pick on France.

As far as I know the Netherlands only had a single blocked site (the
Pirate Bay) which is no longer blocked. It was never secret. So there
is one country that does not have a secret list. ;)

In countries like the Netherlands where blocks are enacted through
court orders, these tend to be public. But you are right in general
block lists are secret; even though leaked versions have shown that they
block sites outside of their intended scope. 

Cheers,

--
Shane


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