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Real-Time Testing of China's Internet Filters

Posted by chrisd on from the but-do-they-block-wigu dept.

mrbnsn writes "The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is conducting a study of Internet filtering in countries worldwide. As part of this study, they have put up a web page where you can get a real-time report on whether any URL you submit is blocked by the Great Firewall. Check whether you'd be able to read your favorite web sites in Beijing!" I've also heard that there are some "western" hotels that have non-blocked connections. Anyone from China care to tell us what it's like?

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. Re:And how can we stop this? by nutznboltz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just keep making web caches of the banned documents and they will have a "whack-a-mole" problem.

    A mini cache with the most subversive web pages that could fit in 2MB could be automatically distributed to hundreds of web sites.

    You can walk around the so-called "Great" Firewall right now by using existing web caches. Can you imagine how bad they'd lose if there were thousands of caches of subversive pages?

  3. Re:And how can we stop this? by Knightcon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about Triangle Boy the whole point of this project is to do just that defeat internet censorship in all its forms.