{"id":9541,"date":"2012-09-25T20:25:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T23:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/paraguayan-isp-censoring-site-for-mocking-stockholders-paper-the-largest-in-the-country\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T22:06:23","slug":"paraguayan-isp-censoring-site-for-mocking-stockholders-paper-the-largest-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/paraguayan-isp-censoring-site-for-mocking-stockholders-paper-the-largest-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"PARAGUAYAN ISP CENSORING SITE FOR MOCKING STOCKHOLDER\u2019S PAPER -THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tParaguayan ISP and cellular carrier Personal (www.personal.com.py<\/a>) is currently blocking the satirical site http:\/\/abcolor.me<\/a> from its users.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe site allows users to create their own articles, which are then published with the exact same format -logo included- of the original newspaper’s site, ABC Color (www.abc.com.py<\/a>). This was interpreted by social media users as a pun on the bias and lack of rigor that permeates ABC’s practice, a longstanding criticism from civil society groups and online activists.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut they preferred to revoke some citizen’s rights instead of taking a joke. By blocking paying users from certain content-specific sites, Personal is breaking Net Neutrality and thus depriving citizens of their right to access publicly available information.\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tKnown for defending freedom of expression and the free-enterprise model, ABC made a front cover of a similar story involving the state-controlled ISP Copaco. Back in 2008, Copaco hijacked DNS tables and redirected all country users to a different site than the original. (Full story in spanish:http:\/\/archivo.abc.com.py\/2008-04-12\/articulos\/406030\/usuarios-denuncian-censura-en-internet-por-parte-de-copaco<\/a> )\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut this time no country or government is involved, further complicating the issue.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn yet another twist of irony, ABC itself was shut down for 5 years during the 35-year long dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, an episode proudly cited in the “Our History” page of their site. (http:\/\/www.abc.com.py\/abc-color\/nuestra-historia-382868.html<\/a> )\n<\/p>\n

\n\tABC’s owner, Aldo “Acero” Zuccolillo, is a shareholder of Personal’s, thus raising serious concerns over media governance policies and the power they factically exert over public opinion and freedom of expression.\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t(17:01 UT-4) UPDATE:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTigo, Paraguay’s largest telecom provider, is now also blocking the site to their cellular data network, thus effectively keeping over 70% of smartphone users in the country from accessing a site which is -again-, intended for humor. (http:\/\/ea.com.py\/tigo-y-personal-censuraron-abcolor-me\/<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n

\n\t(9\/26) UPDATE II:
\n\tBoth carriers have lifted the block, allowing users to access the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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