By: Deji Olukotun
Jason Q. Ng
For the past decade, PEN has campaigned in support of Chinese writers such as Continue reading
By: Deji Olukotun
Jason Q. Ng
For the past decade, PEN has campaigned in support of Chinese writers such as Continue reading
Hairy Bacon and Digital Censorship in China: an Interview with Jason Q. Ng已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, Jason Q. Ng
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
HK’s House News Closes Citing Political Pressure已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, House News, Occupy Central movement
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
ARRESTS, CENSORSHIP AND PROPAGANDA MARK EXPANDING GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF INFORMATION已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Dong Rubin, Internet Freedom
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
Critical Chinese blogger given six-year prison term已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged Blogger, Dong Rubin, Internet Freedom
Twitter bot that monitors Wikipedia edits catches Russian TV network in the act.
by Kadhim Shubber July 18 2014, 5:41pm EDT
The world is still reeling from the shock of the deaths of 298 people on Malaysian flight MH17, Continue reading
Russia caught editing Wikipedia entry about downed Malaysian airliner已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Malaysian airliner, MH17, Russia, Wikipedia
As of July 18, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).
Ling Jihua
A rumor has spread that Ling Jihua’s younger brother, Ling Wancheng, and his nephew, Ling Hujian, Continue reading
Sensitive Words: New Gang of Four and More已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, Ling Jihua, New Gang of Four, Sensitive Words
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / September 25, 2013
Classic charges, plus new offenses, facilitate a wave of arrests designed to smother free speech in China.
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:A Grim Harbinger for the Democratic Movement已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged censorship, Charles Xue, China, Inciting subversion of state power, Internet Freedom, Xue Manzi
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / October 9, 2013
In the newest chapter of China’s internet crackdowns, a 16 year-old boy is detained.
Yang Hui Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Muzzle the Chatterbox or Put a Patch on His Mouth已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, Yang Hui