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Post-Quake, China Cuts Access to Entertainment Web Sites

thefickler writes "The Chinese Government has issued orders that all entertainment web sites and regular television programming be shut down completely for the next 3 days. Only web sites covering the recent tragic 7.8 magnitude earthquake and television stations broadcasting CCTV earthquake programming will be allowed to remain live." Can anyone with Web access in China confirm this report? From an AP story on the state of communications in the country right now, it appears at least that China is (despite ongoing monitoring) allowing freer than usual communications in the wake of the quake.

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  1. Re:China can't read slashdot by saitoh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, see, they haven't blocked all the crap on the internet yet.

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    We don't need an "overrated" so much as we need a "you completely missed the parent's point, dumbass..."
  2. I do not have sock puppets by twatt3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    Help! Help! I have been a victim of unfair moderations!

    As you can see from my previous posts, I am generally a trolling idiot who has nothing constructive to say.

    But, but! Someone moderated me to +4 Insightful! If math serves me correctly, 3 someones!

    I ask you to stop this unfair moderation and return me to my target of "-1 hopeless."

    Arigatou gozaimashita!

    (Besides, I don't have "sock puppets." That accusation is unfair to the world's other sufferers of dissociative identity disorder, who function just fine in society.)

  3. Re:monitored is not free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you still alive now? :)

  4. Re:monitored is not free by Kelbear · · Score: 2, Funny

    How would this audience know what Mandarin is. Iron Man's arch-nemesis. ...Why?