From the Epoch Times
The word “Egypt” suddenly became a sensitive word on the Internet in China Friday. The word was blocked on all the main search engines in China, including the popular micro-blogging site, Sina.
Some reports say the ban was lifted sometime Saturday. But an AP report said searchers on Sina typing in “Egypt” on Friday were greeted with a message saying, “According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results are not shown.”
Encouraged by Tunisia, where massive protests pushed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia, more than 80,000 Egyptians took to the streets Friday, demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down. But in mainland China, the news about Egypt was consistently blocked and all media had to use a Xinhua news release.
Free More News (FMN), a Chinese non-governmental online news site, published an article through its micro-blogging service, claiming that a joint ban was issued by the State Council Information Office and No. 11 Departments of the Ministry of Public Security.
According to the FMN report, the ban said, “For the riot in Egypt, all media have to use Xinhua press release. It is prohibited to translate foreign media reports. Web sites must intensify management of web postings, forums, blogs, and especially the interactive section of twitters. For those that cannot be managed well, we will close them.”
Full article here: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/50220/
Two different forms of control--China, outright censorship--US, spin.
ReplyDeleteIt won't work in either nation--it is the Apocalypse, the veils are lifting world wide.
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True internet censorship is coming to Amerika as well. I think that will be the final straw. We all, especially the kids, are hooked on our computer access as a communication and news gathering source. All hell will break lose when they really drop the authoritarian hammer on it as Egypt and China has. Then the revolution at home begins.
ReplyDeleteΟυ παύσεσθε» είπεν «ημίν υπεζωσμένοις ξίφη νόμους αναγιγνώσκοντες
ReplyDelete~Pompey the Great
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The COmmittees have hung these guys out to dry. Someone gets capped soon.
ReplyDeleteGoogle going to start censoring us first COTOtypicals. It's been years of data and algorithms but rest assured even little players like us here are listed.
1-2-3-4-Close the store and lock the doors. Short Wave analog and underground newspapers. Save your pencils kids.
Yup yup yup...could be a matter of a few short months or even zzzzoooooooommm
ReplyDeletesooner. Each moment is a guess at this point. Super Flux. Shazam.
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