China renews internet crackdown effort

[DrLeftover]

Nov 28, 2013

(Reuters) - China's campaign against online rumors, which critics say is crushing free speech, has been highly successful in "cleaning" the Internet, a top official of the country's internet regulator said on Thursday.

China has the world's most sophisticated online censorship system, known outside the country as the Great Firewall. It blocks many social media websites, such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others, along with many sites hosted in Taiwan and those of rights groups and some foreign media agencies.

The crackdown on online rumors is really intended to quash anti-government discourse, activists say. High profile users of Sina Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblog, have been targeted, apparently for political speech.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/28/us-china-internet-idUSBRE9AR0BQ20131128

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I feel sorry for Chinese internet users. There is so much great stuff out there they cant see!
....and so much stupid stuff

 

[DrLeftover]

I was going to make a cat video joke, but that would be in bad taste.

all puns available at no extra charge

 

[Naiwen]

Oh, like America isn't? XD

 

[Naiwen]

Nah, America just kills or use imprisonment to hush people up or if someone talks too much... Don't go against the government and be a whistles blower for Americans because you'll be censored and perhaps looked down upon and be called a traitor or a terrorist...

Point being, all major countries have an issue of being obsessed with being in control of their country people, censorship ain't anything new...

You were talking about Snowden, eh?

And problem is, people love power and don't want to lose it.

 

[DrLeftover]

And people love to think they know what's best for others...

The word for such people is: Politician.

Country of origin makes no difference, they are all the same.

 

[Naiwen]

Yes, there are and have been corrupt politicians anywhere in the world... regardless
of the era.