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TitleEnglish-only Internet Excludes Many Would-be Users
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This Guardian Unlimited article describes the growing global demand for an equal-opportunity Internet regardless of language or writing system. Several countries whose languages do not use the Roman alphabet, like China, Japan, and Iran, have already created domains which are only accessible within their national boundaries. Meanwhile, several entities are working on systems which would allow users to access the same site regardless of the script used for typing the address. Read more on this politically and technically complex issue at http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1830481,00.html .
SourceGuardian Unlimited
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