Revision #1 24 November 2012 Internet Censorship of the People’s Republic of China 2000 years ago, in Qin Dynasty. The ancient Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang launched the infamous event "Burning of the Books". He burned all the books from the countries he conquered and thousands of Scholars were killed. Why it happened? The reason is simple, Qin Shi Huang wanted to censor any of the information either threat him or his nation. Today, the speed and the scale of the Internet development in China is incredible
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computer science major -- to launch a start-up and cash in on an idea he spotted in the world's largest Internet market -- was not uncommon. Less expected were the extra costs he incurred for doing business in China. These had nothing to do with common costs like equipment, rent, or hiring workers. Rather, daily life involved finding workarounds past China's immense national Internet censorship apparatus, widely known as the Great Firewall. "Google is often blocked for obscure reasons,"
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The Opinions About Internet Freedom How could the Arab Spring succeed through using internet? People was opposed to the dictatorship policy and they organized a new block online. Finally, they make a protestation to overthrough their leader and they succeeded it. Today internet, is much more common in the world. Many people can connect internet. People can share their idea which can be both positive and negative almost freely. Some governments tackle to create free internet because they know
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complicated by a focus on everyday politics. Chinese citizens do participate in everyday politics, although not in the direct way found in democratic nations. The power of social media in China is allowing internet users to express dissatisfaction with the government, even in the face of censorship. The power of social media and its political influence is illustrated through the 2011 Wenzhou train collision case, which ignited outrage from online communities and led to the exposure of corruption amongst
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users accessed under the policy of Public Pledge of Self –regulation and Professional ethics. Internet cafes were asked to install software that blocked sensitive content and the patrons who visited these sites had to present their identification under their real name. Chinese Government launched a$800 million surveillance system called Golden Shield for monitoring Civilian use of internet 35000 internet police jobs were created to monitor and censor websites in China. Two cartoon police officers
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An Explanation of the Problem Google is an American multinational Internet Corporation that was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. When Google entered the Chinese market, censorship frequently interrupted its service. China has always been a relatively closed society and the government has tried to keep control on what its citizens’ experience on the Internet and social media. Google could not accept the government’s censorship; the company believed that its right of freedom of speech was being
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censor search results.… Based on what we know today and what we see in China, we believe our decision to launch the Google.cn service in addition to our Google.com service is a reasonable one, better for Chinese users and better for Google.… Self-censorship, like that which we are now required to perform in China, is something that conflicts deeply with our core principles.… This was not something we did enthusiastically or something that we’re proud of at all.3 MacLean knew that he was perfectly prepared
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advancements in technology access to the Internet is widespread; schools and libraries around the nation are using the Internet as an educational tool. Because of the endless amount of unknown content online, Congress ensured children’s personal data is protected and that “obscene and violent material is screened out” (Abrahamson, 2002, p. 50) by passing Acts such as COPPA, The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, 1998 and CIPAThe Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000. Protecting children’s
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As indicated by USA Today, "Congress is thinking about a bill that would bar kids who utilize PCs in broad daylight libraries from getting to Facebook and other long range interpersonal communication sites without parental consent." The law is a measure to shield youngsters from sexual stalkers. Others are contending this meddles with "library clients' protection and free discourse". I need to concur with those that contend this meddles with protection and free discourse. While youngsters ought
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"Many people’s first reaction to being asked about the U.S. government’s role in monitoring internet content is the very reasonable conclusion that they certainly have a duty to do so for those who are on a list of some sort from either committing a crime or having ties to an organization that has a history with committing crime. Everyone can surely come to agreement that they should not track every U.S. citizen because it is an extreme waste of resources and tax dollars and a violation of due
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