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Post-Quake, China Cuts Access to Entertainment Web Sites

Posted by timothy on from the perhaps-a-good-thing dept.

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. monitored is not free by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Punishment can come later. By closing off entertainment, they have less to watch. In the aftermath, they can take advantage of community spirit to purge dissenters of all stripes.

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    1. Re:monitored is not free by willyhill · · Score: 0, Troll
      I agree, FWIW. As long as he doesn't start devolving into things like these and he doesn't shill his own posts, then he should be moderated up if the post merits it.

      I suspect that won't last long... but fair's fair.

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    2. Re:monitored is not free by ghyd · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yeah, you're certainly wrong. China opened up reports on the event because they HAVE FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE BY DOING SO. They are not fucking Burma or Zimbabwe like Reporter Sans FrontiÃres, this CIA puppet, would like the liberal hippy tree hugging type in us to believe. They are actually more opened than we imagine, and their government has much less power than we imagine. And most of what we criticize the Chinese government for is more often than not what Chinese people would do anyway if they could vote for it.

  2. Only douchebags on Slashdot by smitingpurpleemu · · Score: 0, Troll

    would worry about internet censorship in China at a time like this.

    People are still crushed under rubble, entire towns are flattened, and all you fools can worry about is whether Chinese get their cheap entertainment and whether their Internet is monitored? There is a reason why your point of view is irrelevant and you're demonstrating why right now.

  3. Re:Whats the point? by Handover+Phist · · Score: 1, Troll

    Not to mention that the less people are able to sit and watch TV or surf the net, the more people are available to remove the rubble and rebuild homes and businesses. In at least that POV the decision actually makes sense!

  4. Re:Only douchebags in the Chinese government by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 0, Troll

    would worry about internet censorship in China at a time like this.

    People are still crushed under rubble, entire towns are flattened, and all you fools can worry about is whether Chinese get their cheap entertainment and whether their Internet is monitored? There is a reason why your point of view is irrelevant and you're demonstrating why right now.

    fixed

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