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 →