Circumventing Censorship | VOA Special Report (Or, "How I learned to start worrying and start protecting my online privacy") By Doug Bernard | VOA News Illustration by Steve Fuchs At its best, the web can turn your computer or mobile device into a research library, a movie theater, a medical tool or a means to connect with just about anyone else on the planet. It’s an open, safe place to be who you are and grow into something new. At its worst, the Internet can become a dark and threatening place - a tool for thieves to steal, corporations to spy and governments to oppress. As the saying goes, the Web is what we make it. Information may want to flow freely, but there are plenty of forces that want to dam up the web’s flow of information and punish those who try to fight back. In particular, some governments are working hard to wall off parts of the Internet by filtering and blocking what people can see. Think of this project as something like a primer on Internet circumvention and anonymity. Keep in mind
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