Censorship in China
Internet Censorship in China: Keeping China from @$%#$%!
It has become increasingly evident in recent times, that the Chinese government is continuously reinforcing their internet firewall, substantially censoring their people from access to such sites as Google, You Tube, Facebook, and Twitter, in an effort to smother perceived antigovernment sentiment among the citizens of China. Internet censorship in China is considered by many to be the most stringent in the world. Keith Bradsher said, “A complex government computer system intercepts internet communication with an ever-changing list of banned web sites and key words that block access to the people of China.” Virtual Private Networks or VPN 's is a tool for encrypted computer networks that was created by business computer experts, as a means circumventing China 's lengthening list of web sites considered politically sensitive ( Bradsher). China this past year has aggressively stepped up its efforts of blocking the countries deemed illegally run VPN 's. China 's internet security apparatus maintains the Communist party 's lock on political power, while attempting not to choke off their growing position on the global economy. This recent very intrusive Chinese Communist censorship machine that is continuing to step-up efforts of plugging more of the gaps of desired internet perceived threat, has been termed as the internet 's "Great Firewall." China 's "Great Firewall" according to VPN provider, Astrill, published a message saying that an update to the "Great Firewall" gave China 's internet police the ability to learn, discover, and block VPN protocols automatically (Mark McDonald). China has further toughened its restriction of internet use by assigning Chinese companies greater responsibility for deleting forbidden postings with serious threatened consequences to those companies not deemed abiding to the deletion participation requirements (Sharon LaFraniere). The Chinese culture is one of the world
It has become increasingly evident in recent times, that the Chinese government is continuously reinforcing their internet firewall, substantially censoring their people from access to such sites as Google, You Tube, Facebook, and Twitter, in an effort to smother perceived antigovernment sentiment among the citizens of China. Internet censorship in China is considered by many to be the most stringent in the world. Keith Bradsher said, “A complex government computer system intercepts internet communication with an ever-changing list of banned web sites and key words that block access to the people of China.” Virtual Private Networks or VPN 's is a tool for encrypted computer networks that was created by business computer experts, as a means circumventing China 's lengthening list of web sites considered politically sensitive ( Bradsher). China this past year has aggressively stepped up its efforts of blocking the countries deemed illegally run VPN 's. China 's internet security apparatus maintains the Communist party 's lock on political power, while attempting not to choke off their growing position on the global economy. This recent very intrusive Chinese Communist censorship machine that is continuing to step-up efforts of plugging more of the gaps of desired internet perceived threat, has been termed as the internet 's "Great Firewall." China 's "Great Firewall" according to VPN provider, Astrill, published a message saying that an update to the "Great Firewall" gave China 's internet police the ability to learn, discover, and block VPN protocols automatically (Mark McDonald). China has further toughened its restriction of internet use by assigning Chinese companies greater responsibility for deleting forbidden postings with serious threatened consequences to those companies not deemed abiding to the deletion participation requirements (Sharon LaFraniere). The Chinese culture is one of the world
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