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’ politi...
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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...
Indonesia’s Largest Telco Blocks Vimeo, Why?
(Updated on April 10th: Vimeo is no longer being blocked by Telkomsel. Hat tip: Ferdinand Zebua for ...
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 n...
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, ...
Censorship Alert! Academic Study Shows Sina Weibo’s Human Censors Are Pretty Darn Fast
If you wanted to learn more about Sina Weibo’s censorship patterns, today is your lucky day. A...
A Shocking Expose of China’s Black PR Industry Implicates Government Officials, is Quickly Deleted from the Web
Almost everyone knows about the public relations industry, but fewer people know about what in China...
White House Petition Calls for Architects of China’s Great Firewall be Denied Entry to the US
A user-submitted petition has gone up on the White House website that calls for the chief architects...
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 lookin...
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 ...
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...
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 fol...
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...
China’s Censors Leap to Defense of Failed State-Run Search Engine
In China’s competitive search engine market, three of them are state-run products. Unfortunate...
Kaifu Lee: I’ve Been Banned From Weibo for 3 Days
Entrepreneur and former Google country manager for China, Kaifu Lee, is often outspoken on his Chine...
Angel Investor Xu Xiaoping Calls for a Freer Chinese Internet
Like most of China’s big tech investment gurus, Xu Xiaoping is on Sina Weibo. And although fel...
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