Full FeedChina blocks Twitter and Facebook
Just two weeks after blocking most all Google services, China has blocked Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube (which had already been sharply restricted) following ethnic violence and civil unrest there. In the province where 140 people have been killed and 800 injured in clashes between Uighurs and authorities, the government cut… Continue Reading »
China blocks Google, Gmail as porn dispute continues
China’s dispute with Google has reached a new level as millions of users found they were unable to access the English or Chinese versions search engine or Gmail. The block was put in place after the government accused Google of willfully spreading pornography. “We have found that the English version… Continue Reading »
China threatens Google over search functions and results
China has threatened Google with unspecified punishment if it does not remove all pornographic results from the Chinese version of its search engine. The government had already disabled the Google Suggests feature, which makes search suggestions based on keywords, because it says the feature was returning mostly pornographic results. China… Continue Reading »
China says all new PCs must be sold with web blocking software
China has announced that it will demand that all new PCs sold in that country come with web filtering software included. The government said it is necessary to control pornography on the web and protect its citizens from “unhealthy” information on the Internet. Manufacturers will have to pre-install the blocking… Continue Reading »
YouTube is latest site to be blocked by China
China has begun blocking all access to YouTube, adding it to a the long list of sites it blocks. Other sites on that list include the Amazon, Flickr, GoDaddy, Google News, iTunes, and Wikipedia. While this latest block has been confirmed, Chinese officials have not offered any explanation for it. … Continue Reading »
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