Chinese internet censorship
According to a blog called Rconversation, bloggers who want to reach a Chinese audience should avoid the following blog service providers, all of which have now apparently been blocked:
http://egoweblog.com
http://www.blogspirit.com/
http://www.blogeasy.com/
http://www.blogzor.com/
http://www.mazeme.com/
http://www.yesblogger.com/
http://www.tblog.com/
Rebecca MacKinnon writes that the latest blockings come on top of a sustained campaign by Beijing against the free use of the internet that has included:
* The closing of thousands of internet cafes that allowed customers open access to the internet.
* Legislation forcing mainland Chinese to register their real world identities with the local security forces before being allowed to use internet cafes.
* Legislation making service providers responsible for political comment made though their services.
* Legislating forcing mainland Chinese bloggers and Webmasters to register their site addresses and real world identities with the government.
Wendy Ginsberg, writing for Index on Censorship, provides the following commentary:
"When one of China’s Internet users – now more than 90 million strong – logs on to the popular search engine Google.com, everything appears normal. But search results for China-based web surfers are anything but. Websites without the government’s blessing – including the BBC, the Philadelphia Inquirer and Amnesty International – will not be found."
http://egoweblog.com
http://www.blogspirit.com/
http://www.blogeasy.com/
http://www.blogzor.com/
http://www.mazeme.com/
http://www.yesblogger.com/
http://www.tblog.com/
Rebecca MacKinnon writes that the latest blockings come on top of a sustained campaign by Beijing against the free use of the internet that has included:
* The closing of thousands of internet cafes that allowed customers open access to the internet.
* Legislation forcing mainland Chinese to register their real world identities with the local security forces before being allowed to use internet cafes.
* Legislation making service providers responsible for political comment made though their services.
* Legislating forcing mainland Chinese bloggers and Webmasters to register their site addresses and real world identities with the government.
Wendy Ginsberg, writing for Index on Censorship, provides the following commentary:
"When one of China’s Internet users – now more than 90 million strong – logs on to the popular search engine Google.com, everything appears normal. But search results for China-based web surfers are anything but. Websites without the government’s blessing – including the BBC, the Philadelphia Inquirer and Amnesty International – will not be found."
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