Yahoo's Flickr is the latest target of criticism after restricting access to erotic art photos in Hong Kong. Though Internet companies self-censoring in certain countries is not a new dilemma, this incident coincides with a blogger that faces fines for just linking to offending material.
It's the timing that's the fishiest, as Flickr Hong Kong disallowed users from turning off its safe search function and only allows access to "safe" photos, just after censoring Oiwan Lam's posting of a (rather tasteful)
Flickr Criticized For Regional Censorship
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