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China Shuts Down 17,000 Internet Bars

Posted by timothy on from the cheaper-than-carnivore dept.

Astin writes: "According to this article, Chinese authorities have shut down more than 17,000 Internet bars for failing to block Web sites considered subversive or pornographic. Out of the 94,000 Internet bars in China, 17,488 have been shut down and another 28,000 were ordered to install monitoring software soon. Of the 27 million Internet users in China, about 4.5 million rely on these bars. Foreign news organizations fall under the category of 'subversive'."

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  1. They did try to revolt once by w.p.richardson · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    It was called Tiannemen Square.

    As I recall, it didn't work out so well.

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