Syria Tightens Controls on Internet Use

By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer

Syrian use the Internet at an internet cafe in Damascus on Saturday, March 1,2008. Syrian officials boast a state-of-the art press center with fast Internet access and wireless technology for press covering the upcoming Arab summit. But the country is tightening its own citizens' use of the Internet - jailing writers and bloggers and blocking sites deemed harmful to state security.(AP photo/ Bassem Tellawi).

(AP) -- Syria is cracking down more on Internet use, imposing tighter monitoring of citizens who link to the Web, as well as jailing bloggers who criticize the government and blocking YouTube and other Web sites deemed harmful to state security.

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