Category Archives: Internet Freedom

Hairy Bacon and Digital Censorship in China: an Interview with Jason Q. Ng

By: Deji Olukotun

PUBLISHED ON JULY 31, 2014
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Jason Q. Ng

For the past decade, PEN has campaigned in support of Chinese writers such as Continue reading

HK’s House News Closes Citing Political Pressure

July 27, 2014 5:55 PM

Posted By: josh rudolph

Hong Kong pro-democracy website, blog, and news aggregator House News (主場新聞) has shut down due to a Continue reading

ARRESTS, CENSORSHIP AND PROPAGANDA MARK EXPANDING GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF INFORMATION

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PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY 26 JULY 2014.

Dong Rubin, a blogger in the southern Chinese province of Yunan who has written critically of local officials’ Continue reading

Critical Chinese blogger given six-year prison term

New York, July 23, 2014–Chinese authorities today sentenced a blogger to more than six years in prison, according to news reports. Dong Rubin, a businessman who has criticized Continue reading

Russia caught editing Wikipedia entry about downed Malaysian airliner

Twitter bot that monitors Wikipedia edits catches Russian TV network in the act.

by Kadhim Shubber July 18 2014, 5:41pm EDT

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The world is still reeling from the shock of the deaths of 298 people on Malaysian flight MH17, Continue reading

Sensitive Words: New Gang of Four and More

As of July 18, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

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A rumor has spread that Ling Jihua’s younger brother, Ling Wancheng, and his nephew, Ling Hujian, Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:A Grim Harbinger for the Democratic Movement

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / September 25, 2013

Classic charges, plus new offenses, facilitate a wave of arrests designed to smother free speech in China.

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Charles Xue Confession
Chinese American businessman and blogger Charles Xue confesses to soliciting prostitutes on State TV. Photo: TheGuardian via YouTube.

“Inciting subversion of state power” is the most frequently used Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:Muzzle the Chatterbox or Put a Patch on His Mouth

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / October 9, 2013

In the newest chapter of China’s internet crackdowns, a 16 year-old boy is detained.

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Yang Hui Continue reading