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North Korea, Twitter and YouTube

North Korea may think its new Twitter and YouTube accounts will be a prime platform for anti-U.S. propaganda, but the Obama administration says the world's most secretive regime may have bitten off more than it can chew by joining the networked world.
 
The whole of North Korea has one Twitter Account... At least its progress
 
Some "People" In our Country must not get Ideas about this... South-Africa having only 1 Twitter FB/You-tube account..
 
boramk said:
huh?
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it seems to like if there is some sort if filtering that is being done in countries like South-Korea, some sort of ideas come from that to do some filtering in our own country's internet usage... it usually does not happen... :D
 
Fearl3$$ said:
it seems to like if there is some sort if filtering that is being done in countries like South-Korea, some sort of ideas come from that to do some filtering in our own country's internet usage... it usually does not happen... :D
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Firstly, its North Korea that does the filtering ... Know the difference
Secondly, why would South Africa filter the internet? We don't run an oppressive, human rights abusing backward country that needs to cover its tracks.
We also have millions connected to the internet while North Korea as hundreds. I hope you were joking.
 
boramk said:
Firstly, its North Korea that does the filtering ... Know the difference
Secondly, why would South Africa filter the internet? We don't run an oppressive, human rights abusing backward country that needs to cover its tracks.
We also have millions connected to the internet while North Korea as hundreds. I hope you were joking.
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LOL.... I would not get Serious about something like this.... We have quite allot of freedom on our Interwebs.. :d


Imagine what chaos it would have been if all South-Africans had to use 1 Account for twitter or Fb or youtube.... hehe
 
boramk said:
Secondly, why would South Africa filter the internet? We don't run an oppressive, human rights abusing backward country that needs to cover its tracks.
We also have millions connected to the internet while North Korea as hundreds. I hope you were joking.
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lol - apparently someone has not been keeping up with the times...

did you not know that South Africa wanted/wants to put a Total and Complete ban on Porn, filtering the internet?

don't need to cover tracks eh? How about controlling the media? ring a bell there too?



we are free now - but some idiots are trying to take that away, make no mistake.
 
Keeper, I know about porn ban, which I doubt will happen but ok. I know about the media censorship, which I think is sad and hope won't happen.
But you honestly cannot compare us to North Korea. Do you even know how they live there?
 
boramk said:
Keeper, I know about porn ban, which I doubt will happen but ok. I know about the media censorship, which I think is sad and hope won't happen.
But you honestly cannot compare us to North Korea. Do you even know how they live there?
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Yes - it's very, very bad. if they don't have the 2 portraits of kim in their living room, or they aren't cleaned - they are in big trouble.

apparently you are not even allowed to sit on a newspaper, if he is in it (and that will be what.....99.9% of the time?)

They have an interkom in their kitchen, spreading kim's propaganda - it can not be turned off.

you can only listen to their 1 radio station. if you try to pick up a signal from somewhere else, you will be sent to prison - including your wife, mother, child and cousin - your whole family.

you can't even buy stuff - no trading is allowed iirc...



I know we will never be that bad - it makes me feel kinda LUCKY to live in south Africa... but when dumb people in high powers start trying to force their ideas on how to live upon us, alarm bells do infact go off, whether it will probably not happen or not.


but yeah man, it must be terrible to live there!
 
Keeper said:
Yes - it's very, very bad. if they don't have the 2 portraits of kim in their living room, or they aren't cleaned - they are in big trouble.

apparently you are not even allowed to sit on a newspaper, if he is in it (and that will be what.....99.9% of the time?)

They have an interkom in their kitchen, spreading kim's propaganda - it can not be turned off.

you can only listen to their 1 radio station. if you try to pick up a signal from somewhere else, you will be sent to prison - including your wife, mother, child and cousin - your whole family.

you can't even buy stuff - no trading is allowed iirc...



I know we will never be that bad - it makes me feel kinda LUCKY to live in south Africa... but when dumb people in high powers start trying to force their ideas on how to live upon us, alarm bells do infact go off, whether it will probably not happen or not.


but yeah man, it must be terrible to live there!
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Wow. If this is true, firstly, wtf were they allowed to play at the World Cup? Secondly, South Africa seems a bit brighter after reading all that :P.
 
avaratz said:
Wow. If this is true, firstly, wtf were they allowed to play at the World Cup? Secondly, South Africa seems a bit brighter after reading all that :P.
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I was also wondering the same thing, as North Korean citizens are not allowed to travel abroad / leave the state.

maybe it was South Korean players? anyone know?:confused:
 
Keeper said:
I was also wondering the same thing, as North Korean citizens are not allowed to travel abroad / leave the state.

maybe it was South Korean players? anyone know?:confused:
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Nope. North Korean with 1 or 2 Japanese players too. The coach, upon returning home, was publicly humiliated and forced to become a manual labourer as "punishment" for their poor showing. AFAIK the games weren't going to be broadcasted there (because Kim thought it would hurt national pride to see them get owned), but after their decent performance against Brazil, the dictator decided to allow the next match to be broadcasted. So of course they broadcasted the 8-0 thrashing to Portugal ;) hence the public humiliation of the coach.

To answer your question, the dictator probably allowed them out for the tournament. I really really felt for them, because I could imagine how they would get punished when they returned home... Probably why one or two of them cried during the anthem.
 
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boramk said:
Secondly, why would South Africa filter the internet? We don't run an oppressive, human rights abusing backward country that needs to cover its tracks. We also have millions connected to the internet while North Korea as hundreds. I hope you were joking.
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They would if they could. Citizens are protected from most of the SA government’s potential nastiness because they can’t enforce many of their repressive desires. Not because they are ‘enlightened’ or have the concerns of citizen’s at heart. They are simply too useless for anything more complex than stone-age brutality.
 
Palimino said:
They would if they could. Citizens are protected from most of the SA government’s potential nastiness because they can’t enforce many of their repressive desires. Not because they are ‘enlightened’ or have the concerns of citizen’s at heart. They are simply too useless for anything more complex than stone-age brutality.
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orly
 
Then you get the forumites who think that places like North Korea and Iran are really great places to live and shining examples of progressive government! :rolleyes:
 
Keeper said:
Yes - it's very, very bad. if they don't have the 2 portraits of kim in their living room, or they aren't cleaned - they are in big trouble.

apparently you are not even allowed to sit on a newspaper, if he is in it (and that will be what.....99.9% of the time?)

They have an interkom in their kitchen, spreading kim's propaganda - it can not be turned off.

you can only listen to their 1 radio station. if you try to pick up a signal from somewhere else, you will be sent to prison - including your wife, mother, child and cousin - your whole family.

you can't even buy stuff - no trading is allowed iirc...



I know we will never be that bad - it makes me feel kinda LUCKY to live in south Africa... but when dumb people in high powers start trying to force their ideas on how to live upon us, alarm bells do infact go off, whether it will probably not happen or not.


but yeah man, it must be terrible to live there!
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+1

It's actually far worse than you described here...

Even for visitors. If you want to go there you will get your own personal tour guide that will only take you to a few places, and it's up to them what you see, eat, drink and take pics off.... and if you don't show respect for little kim your in deep shiznitz...
Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in the mornings, and drop you off again later the day, you cannot move around on your own, not allowed at all... the locals have more freedom, if you can call it freedom... it must really suck to live there
 
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