Say what? A Communist country has declared they intend to monitor every move reporters make and filter content on the internet? Someone call Yahoo! or Google. We need to get this cleared up asap.

The Beijing Olympics were plunged into another controversy on Wednesday as China announced a backflip on Internet freedoms for the thousands of foreign reporters covering the Games.

China’s decision to reverse a pledge on allowing unfettered web access proved an embarrassment for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which had repeatedly said foreign press would not face any Internet curbs in Beijing.

What will they allow through? Will they allow criticism of other governments? What about diet pill reviews? Are they going to crack down on the mundane, the popular, or all of the above?

Give me a break people. This is what happens when you put faith in a government that doesn’t have faith in it’s people. Were you really shocked?

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