Website blocking for your own good, Games chiefs tell Chinese

Olympic Games organisers say their controversial decision to block internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters.

Olympic Games organisers say their controversial decision to block internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters.Asked why sites such as Free Tibet and those covering the Tiananmen Square massacre were not accessible, Wang Wei, the vice-president of organising committee BOCOG, said: “We (BOCOG) promised free access except for a few websites that jeopardise our security and the healthy growth of our youth.”
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