Media Guardian | Empire Burlesque
Most UK users attempting to access the Times piece, "Details emerge in British terror case," saw an error page, but some were able to read the story. "This is because some multinational organizations send web traffic from locations in several countries through one connection with the public internet," writes
SA Mathieson. "This means that for website operators, all that organization's staff appear to be located in the country with the connection, regardless of their actual location." ||
Chris Floyd is
upset: "Who needs the KGB or the Stasi if the media watchdogs of a 'free country' willingly snap the muzzle on themselves and lie down whimpering, thumping their tails at the bootheels of power?"
