August 2nd, 2008 | 
Author: More controversy is brewing over the Beijing Olympics. This time Internet censorship is hitting the headlines. A slew of human rights and Falun Gong websites are being blocked by security software at the Games press center. This comes as a big surprise to the International Olympic Committee’s press chief… because Beijing assured the committee that journalists could work normally during the Games.
[Kevan Gosper, IOC Press Chief]:
“I believe that the MPC and the IBC are special territory and this is the territory where all the media should be able to report as they have reported in previous Games. Now given the ground rules have changed, by some form of agreement of which I wasn’t aware, I think the least that should have been done is that of we should have informed the international media and the general public so there would have been no surprises, and that hasn’t been the case. That’s disappointing and I don’t feel good about it myself personally.”
Gosper says he was never told that some IOC officials held discussions with Beijing organizers about blocking websites.
CCP officials claim that Falun Gong websites will damage the nation’s Internet network.
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