July 30, 2008 1:00 PM

IOC Allowing Internet Censorship

BEIJING - Some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let China block sensitive Web sites despite promises of unrestricted access, a senior IOC official admitted on Wednesday.

Persistent pollution fears and China's concerns about security in Tibet also remained problems for organizers nine days before the Games begin.

China had committed to providing media with the same freedom to report on the Games as they enjoyed at previous Olympics, but journalists have this week complained of finding access to sites deemed sensitive to its communist leadership blocked.

Wow.  Here's the next question: if the IOC is allowing the Chinese to censor certain websites, then what other issues are they giving into the Chinese on?

We'll be following this story as it develops.

Posted by Dan Oshinsky at 1:00 PM | Comments (0)