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China Blocks Typepad, Prompts Weblog Blackout

Posted by simoniker on from the proxy-your-way-out-of-a-wet-paper-bag dept.

dcm writes "As U.S. Ambassador Richard Williamson prepares to introduce a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Commission to censure the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) government for increasing 'repression of its people using the Internet, democratic dialogue, religious expression,' the regime continues to block discourse.On Friday, China began blocking access to Typepad, a paid weblog hosting service in San Mateo, California. The communist regime previously blocked access to BlogSpot, Blogger's free hosting site. Yan Sham-Shackleton filed a report on the Glutter weblog, mentioning China is '...now using blocking software to stop information from leaking into the county via personal sites, an increasingly vibrant China Internet community, and a place where users are slipping in banned information. Some sites in the blogging community are turning black in protest of this event while others are reporting the incident.'"

5 of 422 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Holding Back The Inevitable by Skapare · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Q: Why are the chinese communists so afraid of free exchange of ideas and criticism?
    A: They're afraid they'll have to give up power and find real jobs.

    Oh, you mean like being paid $1.40 a day (14 hour shift) making US flags?

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    now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
  2. Re:Please help us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here we go again. The U.S. is trying to impose its beliefs on another nation.

  3. Re:Please help us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Only dumbshits like yourself believe all beliefs are equal.

  4. Re:Holding Back The Inevitable by jcr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    when was communism ever tried in reality?

    Never, since communism is a fantasy, promulgated by some of the most vicious misanthropes to ever walk the earth.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  5. Re:Oh, bitter irony by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dear .edu domain linker,
    Please leave the discussions to the adults. When going to the library, please don't confuse the student union with the library. TV's are sometimes provided in the student center for poor students, but this does not make it a library. Please see my previous post for the definition of a library.

    PS You look pretty stupid in that picture.