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Marketplace Tech Report for Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sep 25, 2012

Marketplace Tech Report for Tuesday, September 25, 2012

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With all this information technology at our disposal, it's striking how getting to the truth of a matter can still be so tough. Two tech stories from opposite sides of the world today remind us how even in 2012 the flow of information is still tightly controlled. First, Iran, where authorities seem to be restricting access to some big websites. And part two, from China: that brawl-slash-unrest-slash-riot involving employees of one of that country's huge technology factories the other night.

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China's Foxconn worker riot and Iran's shadow Internet

Sep 25, 2012
With all this information technology at our disposal, it's striking how getting to the truth of a matter can still be so tough. Two tech stories from opposite sides of the world today remind us how even in 2012 the flow of information is still tightly controlled.

With all this information technology at our disposal, it’s striking how getting to the truth of a matter can still be so tough. Two tech stories from opposite sides of the world today remind us how even in 2012 the flow of information is still tightly controlled. First, Iran, where authorities seem to be restricting access to some big websites. And part two, from China: that brawl-slash-unrest-slash-riot involving employees of one of that country’s huge technology factories the other night.

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