What to Expect on June 4, China’s Unofficial and Orwellian ‘Internet Maintenance Day’
Every website goes down every now and then for maintenance, upgrades, or just because something has gone wrong on the server. But in China, ...
Posts Tagged: censorship
Beating the Censorship of China’s Great Firewall with Raspberry Pi
Chinese internet censorship can be a pain in the ass. While it’s easy enough to circumvent with a good VPN, it’s tough to bring ...
Beijing and Shanghai Ban Monetized Taxi-Finder Apps, But Free Ones are OK
Last week, we saw Chinese local governments take a stand against convenience, with Shenzhen banning taxi finder apps outright and Beijing ba...
Line App is Primed and Ready to Censor Politically Sensitive Chinese Words
A few months ago we spotted that Tencent’s WeChat app was censoring certain ‘sensitive’ political words. That turned out to be tempora...
Huawei and ZTE Under Investigation by Indian Intelligence Agencies
On Monday, the US Department of Defense released a report that once again points the finger at China for hacking and other forms of digital ...
Indonesia’s Largest Telco Blocks Vimeo, Why?
(Updated on April 10th: Vimeo is no longer being blocked by Telkomsel. Hat tip: Ferdinand Zebua for this update.) (Update: The Indonesian IC...
Google Launches Search Engine in Myanmar as Schmidt Warns Against Web Censorship
Google’s search engine launched in Myanmar yesterday on the Google.com.mm domain. It’s nothing special to look at, and it’...
The Next Step for North Korea’s Internet: Buying a Great Firewall From China
We are all familiar enough with the internet now to realize that it’s not a magical, virtual, hyper-human neuron network and is in fac...
China’s Government is Stifling Tech Innovation and Prolonging Social Problems
From a purely mercenary point of view, one of the wonderful things about solving a problem is that there’s often a way to make money f...
Taiwan Web Users Protest SOPA-Like Censorship Legislation with Facebook Rally
When an official from Taiwan’s Intellectual Property Office announced last week that the office plans to amend Taiwan’s copyrigh...
Discuss: Is Line Wrong to Censor Politically Sensitive Words in China?
Is Line wrong if it were to really censor politically sensitive words in China?
WeiboSuite Translates Censored Sina Weibo Posts Into English, Is Awesome
The folks at Hong Kong University’s China Media Project have been doing incredible work looking at Chinese media and social media for ...
IFJ Launches Interactive Site for Tracking China’s Press Freedom Violations
Have you ever wanted to be able to visualize where and when Chinese authorities violate the freedom of the press? No? Well, too bad, because...
No More 3G in North Korea for Tourists
Well, that was fast. Just weeks after allowing tourists to North Korea to purchase SIM cards with 3G data capabilities and uncensored web ac...
Kaifu Lee: Check Out My Chart of How Often I Get Censored by Sina Weibo
Despite insisting that he’s no activist and is just keen on debating with his 33.4 million followers on Sina Weibo, entrepreneur and f...
Japan’s VPN Gate Brings Free VPNs to the Masses
VPNs are useful for a lot of reasons, not the least of which being that they help you hop over China’s Great Firewall and evade the co...
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