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Phones Blocked for Blind Activist’s Family In the Run-up to the Paralympic Games in Beijing
In the run-up to the Paralympic Games in Beijing, people close to a prominent jailed blind activist have suddenly found their access to telecommunications limited.
The wife of Chen Guangcheng, a human rights lawyer currently serving a four-year jail term
Why Godaddy.com was blocked by China without tears?
Domain registrar Godaddy.com was blocked in China about one week ago just after the closing of Olympic Games. Same as usual, there's no any official explanation from authority on this blockage. Some bloggers like William Long in China guessed that it's b
UNM Scientist Reveals Data On Olympic Censorship
Before the Beijing Olympics began a University of New Mexico computer scientist was monitoring the country's censorship of the internet, filtering what could and could not be searched by computer users within the borders of China.
ONI analysis of Internet filtering during Beijing Olympic Games: Week 1
The Open Net Initiative (ONI) compared data from the Olympics Main Press Center (MPC) to that from other locations in Beijing, compiling a snapshot of Internet filtering in China leading up to week 1 of the Olympics.
How to Read the Great Olympics Internet Censorship Drama
How should we read the Great Olympics Internet Website Censorship drama that has unfurled during the last days before the Opening Ceremony?
As foreign journalists came to Beijing, the first thing they did, not surprisingly, was hook up to the information
iTunes blocked in China after protest stunt
Access to Apple's online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes have been downloading and possibly listening to a pro-Tibetan music album in a subtle act of protest against China's rule over the province.
The album,
China blocks iTunes over all-star Tibet album free download
Apple’s online music store, iTunes, has been blocked in China after more than 40 Olympic athletes downloaded a pro-Tibet album from the site.
Consumers in China began inundating Apple help forums on Monday, saying that they could not access iTunes. Earli
China Detains 5 US Bloggers, Including Alive in Baghdad Founder
News has emerged that the Chinese government has detained at least five bloggers from the United States for reporting on protests in favor of Tibetan independence. Included among the detained was the widely admired founder of the video blog series Alive i
More Americans held as China steps up scrutiny
The Committee to Protect Journalists said China had blocked more than 50 Web sites carrying news or advocating on behalf of pro-Tibetan groups, including the group's site (http://www.cpj.org), before the Games began, reneging on pre-Olympics promises of I
Apple iTunes falls victim of Chinese censorship
Apple’s online music store, iTunes, has become the latest victim of China's censorship laws after the site was blocked apparently for offering Olympic athletes free downloads of a pro-Tibet music album.
Drilling a Hole into the Great Firewall of China
Rebecca MacKinnon has just published an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal about the true meaning and scope of the so-called Great Firewall of China, the digital fortress that keeps one sixth of the world's population in the dark of the information
Western Companies' Crucial Role in Building China's Great Firewall
The Great Firewall of China is the most sophisticated mass censorship weapon ever created, a gargantuan digital cruncher that controls the information flow to 1.3 billion people.
But China alone could not have put this cyber-bunker together without the i
China’s iron Olympic grip starts to slip
Internet critics, made bold by their uncensored criticism of the Games’ opening ceremony, are seeking new targets
The mystery of the half-filled stands at many events at the 2008 Olympic Games has been solved, according to Chinese internet users, who say
Blogger put under house arrest to prevent him going to Beijing
he police today detained well-known blogger Zhou “Zola” Shuguang (https://www.zuola.com/) for an hour and then placed him under house arrest. They went to his home in Meitanba, in the south of the country, after learning that he planned to go to Beijing.
YouTube Shows Us How To Be A Good Intermediary
Many have worried about the role of intermediaries who provide platforms for sharing information and expression on the internet, and their sometimes profound power to make content disappear. But here is an example of one intermediary -- a big and very imp
Twitterer/streaming video broadcaster evicted from Olympics
Activist Twitterer noneck (aka Noel Hidalgo) was in Tiananmen Square on Saturday for a free-Tibet protest. After he Twittered the event and broadcast it live over Qik, Chinese authorities deported him
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