That is probably true, as long as they are unaware of it, hence the notification process
So does this count as 'censorship', even in some extended definition?
Considering the different social and political context in China, censoring out websites that feature such concepts as 'democracy' and 'freedom of speech' might be seen as comparable to censoring websites that feature copyright-violation processes or questionable material in the U.S. It's a different state of being, basically...
Of course, it's that very state of being, that philosophical framework, that we Americans would challenge. We see these sorts of freedoms as a basic, indeed THE basic, human right; they see it as an inconvenience.
Completely off-topic for a moment - the public business smoking ban is about to go into effect here, and one of the local bars is throwing a 'Last Night of Personal Freedom' bash/smoke-a-thon this weekend... Should we be outraged at losing the right to light up in public, I wonder? On the one hand, second hand smoke is an undeniable hazard, and 'designated smoking areas' were a pathetic attempt at giving people clean air areas... but on the other, well, people have smoked for thousands of years, damn the consequences; how easy will it be to systematically erase what's been a core cultural phenomenon for thousands of years?
Personally this doesn't affect me - I only smoke a pipe, in the privacy of my own home; but I smoke on the front porch, and I wonder how long it'll be before smoking outdoors is banned, too...
OK, sorry for that tangent.
