Young turn to social media as newspapers and TV stations owned by local tycoons take care not to offend mainland China
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Hong Kong protests bring crisis of confidence for traditional media已关闭评论
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The chat application LINE has strengthened its censorship methods in mainland China by targeting phrases and word combinations.
By Pao- Pao / 23 October, 2014
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Stricter and subtler: how China has ramped up instant messaging censorship已关闭评论
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Corporation condemns ‘deliberate censorship’ as Chinese official claims foreign media are not reporting protests objectively
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China blocks BBC website as Hong Kong tensions rise已关闭评论
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October 11, 2014
Yesterday, the Supreme People’s Court issued a document with the – predictably convoluted – title “Supreme People’s Court Regulations concerning Some Questions of Applicable Law in Handing Civil Dispute Cases involving the Use of Information Networks to Harm Personal Rights and Interests”. !–more–>This document provides Continue reading
Parsing the New Internet Rules of China’s Supreme Court已关闭评论
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8:14 pm HKT Oct 3, 2014 LAW & POLITICS
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Hong Kong Protests Lead to Censorship on WeChat已关闭评论
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Record censorship of China’s social media as references to Hong Kong protests blocked已关闭评论
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By Christina Larson September 29, 2014
Riot police disperse demonstrators with tear gas during a protest near central government offices in Hong Kong on Sept. 28
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Not Even China’s Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Democracy Protests已关闭评论
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While the world watches tense protests in Hong Kong, many mainland citizens in China will not be able to see the unrest because of Chinese censorship.
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Censors in China keep mainlanders in dark about Hong Kong protests已关闭评论
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