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China Continues to Shut Down Video Sites

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the governments-the-same-the-world-over dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "It's not just YouTube that's blocked in China. After the unrest in Tibet, at least 25 video sharing sites have been shut down and others have been penalized. While the Chinese government is not admitting that violence in Tibet had anything to do with it, they do have a sudden interest in strictly enforcing licensing restrictions that require video sharing websites to register with the government. Among other things, Chinese video sharing sites must promise not to show videos that inspire fear, contain pornography, or endanger national security."

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  1. Re:long live Tor by gzipped_tar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In Beijing, many of the TOR nodes are operated by the govn't.

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  2. Re:It should also be noted... by hayagriva · · Score: 5, Interesting

    True, but not new. I've been in China since 2004. Every time I've clicked on a Google Video link, it hasn't been blocked by China, but it's never worked. They're very nice about it, though: "Thanks for your interest in Google Video. Currently, the playback feature of Google Video isn't available in your country. We hope to make this feature available more widely in the future, and we really appreciate your patience." Do no evil, or, if you have to, be polite about it?