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At the meantime, internet activists are trying to preserve their anonymity in the internet and to bypass the instruments of the censors by using technical tricks like proxy server or virtual private networks.
Hopefully, in this digital arms race, the regimes will not prevail permanently. Western nations could help to prevent further damage by tightening their export regulations for products suitable for internet censorship.
And at least for companies with a strong concern for their image, some pressure from the civil society can make a difference. Siemens Nokia Networks already sold the branch Intelligence Solutions, which delivered the censor system, to an investment enterprise in March 2009.
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