Yes I agree that the censorship has begun. Having tried to access a youtube video I found I was blocked from an entire channel. It was gorilla199.
This is going happen more and more. In preparation for this censoring I recommend that we all find ways of staying on the internet. One group that plans to stay on are the folks that are associated with the hacker group 2600 (
www.2600.com). These are not folks that plan on breaking laws but fight for freedoms on the internet. They meet monthly all over the world in different locations all at the same time on the same day.
Here is a list of their meeting places. Get plugged in! There are all types of folks from all ages and backgrounds. You should find some fine folks there. The meetings are in publice meeting places like restaurants and pubs.
2600 MEETING LIST
Updated: August 2008
All meetings take place on the first Friday of the month. Unless otherwise noted, they start at 5 pm local time.
To start a meeting in your city, send email to
meetings@2600.com.
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires: The "Cruzat Beer House" bar, Sarmiento 1617 (first floor, Paseo La Plaza).
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne: Caffeine at ReVault Bar, 16 Swanston Walk, near Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. 6:30 pm
Sydney: The Crystal Palace, front bar/bistro, opposite the bus station area on George St at Central Station. 6 pm
AUSTRIA
Graz: Cafe Haltestelle on Jakominiplatz.
BRAZIL
Belo Horizonte: Pelego's Bar at Assufeng, near the payphone. 6 pm
CANADA
Alberta
Calgary: Eau Claire Market food court by the bland yellow wall. 6 pm
Manitoba
Winnipeg: St. Vital Shopping Centre, food court by HMV.
New Brunswick
Moncton: Champlain Mall food court, near KFC. 7 pm
Ontario
Guelph: William's Coffee Pub, 492 Edinbourgh Rd S. 7 pm
Ottawa: World Exchange Plaza, 111 Albert St, second floor. 6:30 pm
Toronto: Free Times Cafe, College and Spadina.
Windsor: University of Windsor, CAW Student Center commons area by the large window. 7 pm
Quebec
Montreal: Bell Amphitheatre, 1000, rue de la Gauchetiere.
CHINA
Hong Kong: Pacific Coffee in Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong. 7 pm
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague: Legenda pub. 6 pm
DENMARK
Aalborg: Fast Eddie's pool hall.
Aarhus: In the far corner of the DSB cafe in the railway station.
Copenhagen: Cafe Blasen.
Sonderborg: Cafe Druen. 7:30 pm
EGYPT
Port Said: At the foot of the Obelisk (El Missallah).
ENGLAND
Brighton: At the phone boxes by the Sealife Centre (across the road from the Palace Pier). Payphone: (01273) 606674. 7 pm
Exeter: At the payphones, Bedford Square. 7 pm
Kent: At the end of the bus station opposite Wilkinsons, Canterbury. 6:30 pm
London: Trocadero Shopping Center (near Piccadilly Circus), lowest level. 6:30 pm
Manchester: Bulls Head Pub on London Rd. 7:30 pm
Norwich: Borders entrance to Chapelfield Mall. 6 pm
Reading: Afro Bar, Merchants Place, off Friar St. 6 pm
FINLAND
Helsinki: Fenniakortteli food court (Vuorikatu 14).
FRANCE
Lille: Grand-Place (Place Charles de Gaulle) in front of the Furet du Nord bookstore. 9 pm
Paris: Place de la Republique, near the (empty) fountain. 6:30 pm
Rennes: In front of the store "Blue Box" close to Place de la Republique. 8 pm
Rouen: Place de la Cathedrale by the benches in front. 8 pm
GREECE
Athens: Outside the bookstore Papasotiriou on the corner of Patision and Stournari. 7 pm
IRELAND
Dublin: At the phone booths on Wicklow St beside Tower Records. 7 pm
ITALY
Milan: Piazza Loreto in front of McDonalds.
JAPAN
Tokyo: Linux Cafe in Akihabara district. 6 pm
MEXICO
Mexico City: "Zocalo" Subway Station (Line 2 of the "METRO" subway, the blue one). At the "Departamento del Distrito Federal" exit, near the payphones and the candy shop, at the beginning of the "Zocalo-Pino Suarez" tunnel.
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland: London Bar, upstairs, Wellesley St, Auckland Central. 5:30 pm
Christchurch: Java Cafe, corner of High St and Manchester St. 6 pm
Wellington: Load Cafe in Cuba Mall. 6 pm
NORWAY
Oslo: Oslo Sentral Train Station. 7 pm
Tromsoe: The upper floor at Blaa Rock Cafe, Strandgata 14. 6 pm
Trondheim: Rick's Cafe in Nordregate. 6 pm
PERU
Lima: Barbilonia (ex Apu Bar), en Alcanfores 455, Miraflores, at the end of Tarata St. 8 pm
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg (Sandton City): Sandton food court. 6:30 pm
SWEDEN
Gothenburg: 2nd floor in Burger King at Avenyn. 6 pm
Stockholm: Outside Lava.
SWITZERLAND
Lausanne: In front of the MacDo beside the train station. 7 pm
UNITED STATES
Alabama
Auburn: The student lounge upstairs in the Foy Union Building. 7 pm
Huntsville: Stanlieo's Sub Villa on Jordan Lane.
Tuscaloosa: McFarland Mall food court near the front entrance.
Arizona
Phoenix: Unlimited Coffee (741 E. Glendale Ave). 6 pm.
California
Irvine: Panera Bread, 3988 Barranca Parkway. 7 pm
Los Angeles: Union Station, corner of Macy & Alameda. Inside main entrance by bank of phones. Payphones: (213) 972-9519, 9520; 625-9923, 9924; 613-9704, 9746.
Monterey: Mucky Duck, 479 Alvarado St. 5:30 pm.
Sacramento: Round Table Pizza at 127 K St.
San Diego: Regents Pizza, 4150 Regents Park Row #170.
San Francisco: 4 Embarcadero Plaza (inside). 5:30 pm
San Jose: Outside the cafe at the MLK Library at 4th and E San Fernando. 6 pm
Colorado
Boulder: Wing Zone food court, 13th and College. 6 pm
Lakewood: Barnes and Noble in the Denver West Shopping Center, 14347 W Colfax Ave.
District of Columbia
Arlington: Pentagon City Mall by the phone booths next to Panda Express. 6 pm
Florida
Gainesville: In the back of the University of Florida's Reitz Union food court. 6 pm
Melbourne: House of Joe Coffee House, 1220 W New Haven Ave. 6 pm
Orlando: Fashion Square Mall Food Court between Hovan Gourmet and Manchu Wok. 6 pm
Tampa: University Mall in the back of the food court on the 2nd floor. 6 pm
Georgia
Atlanta: Lenox Mall food court. 7 pm
Idaho
Boise: BSU Student Union Building, upstairs from the main entrance. Payphones: (208) 342-9700, 9701.
Pocatello: College Market, 604 S 8th St.
Illinois
Chicago: Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club, 2501 W Irving Park Rd. 7 pm
Indiana
Evansville: Barnes and Noble cafe at 624 S Green River Rd.
Ft. Wayne: Glenbrook Mall food court in front of Sbarro's. 6 pm
Indianapolis: Mo'Joe Coffee House, 222 W Michigan St.
Iowa
Ames: Memorial Union Building food court at the Iowa State University.
Kansas
Kansas City (Overland Park): Oak Park Mall food court.
Wichita: Riverside Perk, 1144 Bitting Ave.
Louisiana
Baton Rouge: In the LSU Union Building, between the Tiger Pause & McDonald's. 6 pm
New Orleans: Z'otz Coffee House uptown at 8210 Oak St. 6 pm
Maine
Portland: Maine Mall by the bench at the food court door.
Maryland
Baltimore: Barnes & Noble cafe at the Inner Harbor.
Massachusetts
Boston: Stratton Student Center (Building W20) at MIT in the 2nd floor lounge area. 6 pm
Marlborough: Solomon Park Mall food court. 6 pm
Northampton: Downstairs of Haymarket Cafe. 6 pm
Michigan
Ann Arbor: Starbucks in The Galleria on S University.
Minnesota
Bloomington: Mall of America, north side food court, between the Dairy Queen and the Greek food place.
Missouri
Kansas City (Independence): Barnes & Noble, 19120 E 39th St.
St. Louis: Galleria Food Court.
Springfield: Borders Books and Music coffeeshop, 3300 S Glenstone Ave, one block south of Battlefield Mall. 5:30 pm
Nebraska
Omaha: Crossroads Mall Food Court. 7 pm
Nevada
Las Vegas: reJAVAnate Coffee, 3300 E Flamingo Rd (at Pecos). 7 pm
New Mexico
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Student Union Building (plaza "lower" level lounge), main campus. Payphones: 505-843-9033, 505-843-9034. 5:30 pm
New York
New York: Citigroup Center, in the lobby, 153 E 53rd St, between Lexington & 3rd.
Rochester: Panera Bread, 2373 W Ridge Rd. 7:30 pm
North Carolina
Charlotte: Panera Bread Company, 9321 JW Clay Blvd (near UNC Charlotte). 6:30 pm
Raleigh: Royal Bean coffee shop, 3801 Hillsboro St (next to the Playmakers Sports Bar and across from Meredith College).
North Dakota
Fargo: West Acres Mall food court by the Taco John's. 6 pm
Ohio
Cincinnati: The Brew House, 1047 E McMillan. 7 pm
Cleveland: University Circle Arabica, 11300 Juniper Rd. Upstairs, turn right, second room on left.
Columbus: Easton Town Center at the food court across from the indoor fountain. 7 pm.
Dayton: TGI Friday's off 725 by the Dayton Mall.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City: Cafe Bella, southeast corner of SW 89th St and Penn.
Tulsa: Promenade Mall food court.
Oregon
Portland: Backspace Cafe, 115 NW 5th Ave. 6 pm
Pennsylvania
Allentown: Panera Bread, 3100 W Tilghman St. 6 pm
Harrisburg: Panera Bread, 4263 Union Deposit Rd. 6 pm
Philadelphia: 30th St Station, southeast food court near mini post office.
South Carolina
Charleston: Northwoods Mall in the hall between Sears and Chik-Fil-A.
South Dakota
Sioux Falls: Empire Mall, by Burger King.
Tennessee
Knoxville: Borders Books Cafe across from Westown Mall.
Memphis: Quetzal, 664 Union Ave. 6 pm
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Hill Center, Room 238, 1231 18th Ave S. 6 pm
Texas
Austin: Spider House Cafe, 2908 Fruth St, front room across from the bar. 7 pm
Houston: Ninfa's Express in front of Nordstrom's in the Galleria Mall.
San Antonio: North Star Mall food court. 6 pm
Utah
Salt Lake City: ZCMI Mall in The Park Food Court.
Vermont
Burlington: Borders Books at Church St and Cherry St on the second floor of the cafe.
Virginia
Arlington: (see District of Columbia)
Blacksburg: Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech, 118 N. Main St. 7 pm
Charlottesville: Panera Bread at the Barracks Road Shopping Center. 6:30 pm.
Virginia Beach: Lynnhaven Mall on Lynnhaven Parkway. 6 pm
Washington
Seattle: Washington State Convention Center. 2nd level, south side. 6 pm
Spokane: Coffee Station, 9315 N Nevada (North Spokane). 6 pm
Wisconsin
Madison: Fair Trade Coffee House, 418 State St.