Topic: Great Firewall
The Great Firewall represents China’s extensive censorship system that restricts online freedom and surveils internet activity. This mechanism not only stifles free expression within China but also influences global tech companies to comply with its oppressive standards, undermining privacy and individual rights. The implications of such censorship extend beyond borders, affecting how information is shared and accessed worldwide.
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The Memory Hole Above Beijing
The tools that erased a Beijing skyscraper crash are already moving through the West’s safety laws under warmer names.
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China Censors Online Discussion Amid Escalating US Tariffs and Economic Fallout
State-run mockery floods the feed while economic anxiety gets wiped clean.
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Memes Under Siege: China’s Crackdown on Online Youth Dissent
The CAC’s campaign seeks to purge critical economic views, youth disillusionment, and “harmful” online memes from Chinese cyberspace.
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Putin’s Latest Law Criminalizes Online Anonymity, Mandates Identity Checks For Platform Use
The latest in a series of internet restrictions expected over the next year.
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Report: Open AI, Google, and Microsoft Hold Back On AI In Hong Kong For Fear of Angering China
Companies continue to kowtow to China.
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Chinese government orders app stores to remove popular app Douban
The app was being used to criticize the government.
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China is trying to export its internet censorship setup
Wants other governments to use the tech.
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Chloe Zhao’s Best Director Oscar win censored in China
Conversations were deleted, accounts were suspended, and VPNs were shutdown.
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China proposes a global cyberspace community, while Chinese citizens are still heavily censored
Ironically, China calls for collaboration with the West.
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Chinese browser Tuber gave citizens access to Western app content but was short-lived on the app store
The app was available for less than a month.
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How Chinese citizens manipulate language to get around China’s censorship
? Coming soon to the West?
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China steps up its censorship techniques
A more sophisticated blocking technique has been in place for at least a week.