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8 February 2012

China: Censoring Opinions on China's veto on UN resolution on Syria

Written by Oiwan Lam · Internet governance

Even though the People's Daily propagated [zh] that “China’s veto was in accordance with the Syrian people’s basic interests”, Chinese concern citizens have not been misled by the official media...

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3 February 2012

China: Several Tibetan Language Blog Sites Shut Down

Written by Dechen Pemba · Translated by Dechen Pemba · Feature

Against the backdrop of a stream of self-immolations in Tibet in protest against Chinese rule, unrest in eastern Tibet and a severely increased military presence, several of the most popular Tibetan language blog sites have gone offline as of today. Dechen Pembar reports.

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2 February 2012

New Book on Global Struggle for Internet Freedom

Written by Bernardo Parrella · Advocacy, activism

How do we ensure the Internet develops compatibly with democracy? And how do we become active “netizens” who take responsibility for our digital future? This is the subject of Rebecca McKinnon's new book: "Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom."

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22 December 2011

China: Micro-blog real name registration extended to Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Written by Oiwan Lam · regulation

The regulation of real name registration for micro-blogging platform has extended from Beijing to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. According to local report [zh], the real name registration requirement is started today...

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18 December 2011

China: Real Name Registration for Micro-blogging

Written by Oiwan Lam · Advocacy, regulation

The Beijing city government introduced a new set of regulations on December 16, 2011 to control the flow of information in micro-blogging platforms. The Beijing Municipal Regulations Concerning the Development...

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3 December 2011

For Chinese Netizens, SOPA is Another Great Firewall

Written by Weiping Li · Advocacy, law

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which expected to brought to a vote in U.S. House of Representatives before the end of the year, has spawned sarcastic commentary around the Chinese-language Internet. The Chinese government has long been criticized by Americans for obstructing the free flow of information through a filtering system popularly known as the Great Firewall. Now it is Chinese neitzens' turn to sneer at proposals for a Made-in-America Great Firewall.

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21 November 2011

China: Father of GFW on Internet Sovereignty

Written by Oiwan Lam · Internet governance

Fang Binxing, known as the “father of China’s Great Firewall,” recently recently made a speech on “The future of Internet security” which justifies the development of national network or national...

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