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The Intimidation Factor: How a Surveillance State Can Affect What You Read in Professional Publications



On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:11 PM, coderman <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> does anyone have details on the nature of the pressure to censor in this case?


only other information from RISKS digest:
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Surveillance leads to censorship? [PGN retitling]

Robert Schaefer <[email protected]>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:40:28 -0500

In this December's IEEE *Computer* magazine, in the column titled "The
Intimidation Factor: How a Surveillance State Can Affect What You Read in
Professional Publications", Hal Berghel says that he was forced to pull a
screenshot of a powerpoint slide Edward Snowden leaked to The Washington
Post.

The screenshot appeared in the his July column printed version but was
removed from the IEEE digital library version.  Berghel writes: "Pull up a
chair and let me tell you a story..."
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