I don’t believe that the government has ever been confused about its own stance on media controls. The core principle of the CCP’s Leninist notion of the press is that the Party controls the media, and the media should be the mouthpiece of the Party and the people. From Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping, even up to Xi Jinping, this stance has never changed. Continue reading
Wen Yunchao: Chinese Government Has Never Been Confused About It’s Own Stance On Media Controls已关闭评论
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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
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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
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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
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This article is the part of the Index on Censorship Young Writers / Artists Programme
By Katie Dancey / 9 July, 2014
Twitter trolls, online mobs and “offensive” Facebook posts are constantly making headlines as authorities struggle to determine how to police social media. In a recent development, links posted on Facebook Continue reading
Facebook’s online shaming mobs已关闭评论
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By George Chen
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An average of 70 out of every 10,000 Weibo posts made on July 1 were quickly deleted, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong is apparently becoming the next Tibet or Xinjiang Continue reading
Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
By IAN JOHNSON JULY 4, 2014
In recent months, Weibo has been eclipsed by WeChat, which allows instant messaging within self-selected circles of followers. Credit Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times
BEIJING — For the past few years, social media in China Continue reading
An Online Shift in China Muffles an Open Forum已关闭评论
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By Mo Zhixu, published: July 3, 2014
China has severed Google services for several weeks now and there are no signs of service returning. Blocking Google has inconvenienced many people, among them Gmail users, teachers and students who use Google for academic research, and more. To this day, China has completely blocked the world’s four most visited websites: Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Continue reading
Mo Zhixu：The Advent of a National LAN in China已关闭评论
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