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Americans And Chinese Internet Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the can-you-read-this-in-beijing dept.

chowbok writes: "The Weekly Standard writes that despite expectations, the Chinese Government has been very successful in suppressing free internet access for their citizens. Key to this success was the assistance of Cisco, who built a giant firewall tailored to the state's needs, Yahoo (who helpfully censors search results and monitors online chats), and other Western companies."

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  1. Didn't hear a thing about Picture.exe by hrieke · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Picture.exe virus to grab your PGP keys?
    Pretty damn scary stuff if the Chinese goverment is releasing this stuff into the wild. (But really no different than the FBI's key logger)

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  2. What ???? by Lord+Sauron · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Is The Great Wall of China on fire ?