![]() Ethiopians outside of the government's reach are spied on using surveillance technology purchased from European companies such as Gamma International and Google supplies user data in response to court orders), one easy work-around is to open documents in Google Docs instead of downloading and opening them on your computer in Microsoft Word or some other word processing program. Bloggers, including six members of the Zone Nine Blogging collective, are harassed, threatened, and jailed if they don't "tone down" their writings. ![]() The websites of opposition parties, independent media sites, blogs, and several international media outlets are routinely blocked by government censors and radio and television stations are routinely jammed. ![]() The Ethiopian government has used its monopoly on telecommunications to restrict its citizens rights to privacy and freedom of expression. In the Ethiopian community, bloggers, journalists, and activists are all targets of increasing levels of surveillance and intimidation.
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