From ROK Drop:
Why China Censors the Internetfrom ROK Drop by GI Korea
The protests currently going on in Egypt just goes to show why the Chinese government so heavily censors the Internet in their country:
About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in Egypt, the Internet went dead.Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the Internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule, experts said.
Egypt has apparently done what many technologists thought was unthinkable for any country with a major Internet economy: It unplugged itself entirely from the Internet to try and silence dissent. [Associated Press]
Could you imagine the difficulty and impact of shutting down the Internet in China considering the country’s size and scale of its economy compared to Egypt? The way the Chinese government censors the Internet now allows them to control dissent while at the same time not losing the economic benefits of the Internet. It makes me wonder if what is happening in Egypt and what has already happened in Tunisia will lead to more authoritarian regimes to try and follow the Chinese model?
Why China Censors the Internetfrom ROK Drop by GI Korea
The protests currently going on in Egypt just goes to show why the Chinese government so heavily censors the Internet in their country:
About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in Egypt, the Internet went dead.Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the Internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule, experts said.
Egypt has apparently done what many technologists thought was unthinkable for any country with a major Internet economy: It unplugged itself entirely from the Internet to try and silence dissent. [Associated Press]
Could you imagine the difficulty and impact of shutting down the Internet in China considering the country’s size and scale of its economy compared to Egypt? The way the Chinese government censors the Internet now allows them to control dissent while at the same time not losing the economic benefits of the Internet. It makes me wonder if what is happening in Egypt and what has already happened in Tunisia will lead to more authoritarian regimes to try and follow the Chinese model?
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