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China monitoring Skype messages

by Sue Walsh on Oct 2, 2008 at 10:37 AM

Researchers in Canada have discovered that Skype’s Chinese venture with Tom Online, called Tom-Skype, is filtering text chats and monitoring them.  Chats are routinely scanned for politically censored keywords.  If any are found, those chats and personal information are stored on insecure and publiclly accessible servers.  They are encrypted, but… Continue Reading »

YouTube, no longer accessible in China

by Elisabeth Young on Mar 17, 2008 at 02:31 PM

Chinese YouTubers will no longer be able to access the video-sharing site—-indefinitely. Access was blocked last Sunday after Tibetan protest videos were posted that may have prompted the Chinese government’s decision. Similar to what happened in Pakistan, the whole YouTube website was blocked. It would be a lesser bad news… Continue Reading »

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