How to Dodge the Chinese Internet Censor

Posted by kdawson on Thursday October 18, 2007 @01:18AM from the avoiding-older-brother dept.

eweekhickins writes "A report written by a tech worker in China describes the pervasive censorship, abetted by ample manpower and funding estimated at $27 billion in US dollars. The author, who calls himself Mr. Tao, also writes that plenty of Chinese are finding ways to resist censorship, and offers tips on how to keep evading Big GeGe (that's Older Brother). Not surprisingly, self-censorship is very prevalent. Also not surprisingly, the authorities are starting to catch on to things like RSS feeds. It's another race for survival between the tiny mammals and the lumbering dinosaurs." Here's Mr. Tao's report (PDF), written under the auspices of Reporters Without Borders.

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US vs China Censorship by monkeyboythom · 2007-10-18 01:31 · Score: 0, Troll

It is amazing that they are spending that much money and people power, along with the cultural bonus of self censoring, when here in America, all that equates to studio execs demanding, and releasing, yet another lowest common denominator film, and another press release of Britney/Paris attention whores.
Yes, we take our freedoms for granted and now I see many are willingly giving up those rights all in the name of stability and mediocrity. Maybe China needs to take a lesson from us, true censorship is the kind that calls itself "must see TV."