News of the future: Internet, Olympics, Great Firewall

I believe that the Atlantic's March 2008 issue is already in subscribers' hands. The link on our main web site will be available in a little while. (Another illustration of the "Better than Free" principle laid out by Kevin Kelly!) In the new issue I have an article about the "Great Firewall of China" -- the government's means of regulating the internet, or trying to. When that article comes out, you'll see why I was so interested in this recent AFP/Yahoo news story, about the government's deliberations over what to do with the GFW when Beijing is crawling with foreigners during the Olympic games. Basically: I have some inside details that complement what the Olympic organizers are now saying in public. Stay tuned. (Thanks to Daniel Lippman for tip.)

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2008/02/news-of-the-future-internet-olympics-great-firewall/7914/