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Censorship
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Wants to use technology similar to that used to block access to child pornography to get at the "root" of the problem and block access to websites that facilitate infringing file-sharing of copyrighted music.
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Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales has indicated that he will try to talk with China about their decision to block his user-updated online encyclopedia. Although Wikipedia’s content is currently blocked in China, Chinese search engine Baidu has been offering some of the website’s content…claiming it as its own copyrighted material.
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China's firewall that tries to sanitise web browsing is much more porous than previously thought, says a study.
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China has developed very sophisticated technology for intercepting and censoring Internet content. The government blocks many topics it considers sensitive or controversial and often punishes those who try to get around those bans. Reporters Without Borders refers to China as the "world's biggest prison for cyber-dissidents."
Click through this interactive to learn more about who is involved in Internet censorship, how it works and what people do to get around it.
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In this PBS documentary, 4 students at one of China's most prestigious universities fail to identify the famous Tianamen Square photo of the "tank man". After all others had been silenced, his lonely act of defiance against the Chinese regime amazed the world. What became of him? And 17 years later, has China succeeded in erasing this event from its history?
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