Tag Archives: censorship

Wen Yunchao: Chinese Government Has Never Been Confused About It’s Own Stance On Media Controls

 

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

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).

Ling Jihua

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

Facebook’s online shaming mobs

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

Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom

 

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

An Online Shift in China Muffles an Open Forum

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

Mo Zhixu:The Advent of a National LAN in China

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