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ONI Blog: The Boston Globe: Chinese cut off from Wikipedia
Restored access to the Chinese-language version of Wikipedia appears to have been short-lived, reports The Boston Globe. ...
ONI Blog: The New York Times: China lifts Wikipedia ban, but some topics remain blocked
The Chinese-language version of Wikipedia is no longer blocked but remains filtered, reports Noam Cohen of The New York Times. The move comes almost one month after Beijing lifted the ban on the English-language version of the online...
ONI Blog: China: Web censorship report groundless
BEIJING (AP) - "The Chinese government said Wednesday that accusations by a press freedom group that it was one of the worst culprits of systematic online censorship were "groundless" and that its citizens could freely access the Internet."
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ONI Blog: U.S. companies defend actions; China denies censorship
On the second day of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), U.S. technology companies came under fire for selling products to China that have facilitated the government's censorship of the Internet and its crackdown on dissidents. While U.S. companies...
ONI Blog: China considering blogger registration system
In response to media reports, the Internet Society of China (ISC) confirmed that a blogger registration system was being considered by the Ministry of Information Industry, though no official policies have been made. The system would require all bloggers--including...
ONI Blog: China: Users take aim at China Telecom software
Radio Free Asia reports: "Broadband customers across China have [lashed] out at software provided by the country’s biggest Internet Service Provider (ISP), saying it limits their autonomy online. Forums and chatrooms have been buzzing with annoyed comments from customers of...
ONI Blog: Chinese city to fine web satirists
"The price of Internet satire in China is going up. A major Chinese city is threatening to fine web surfers up to $625 for online defamation amid a surge in short satirical Internet films, an official news report said Monday." ...
ONI Blog: China: Cyber-dissident receives four-year prison sentence
As reported by the South China Morning Post, Chinese cyber-dissident Guo Qizhen "was jailed for four years for subversion on Tuesday after posting politically sensitive essays on the Internet." Reporters Without Borders has condemned the sentence, "the eighth...
ONI Blog: China: Blogs of Tibetan Intellectual Closed
Human Rights Watch has reported the closure of blogs maintained by the Tibetan intellectual Oeser, "the first Tibetan writer inside the mainland to openly raise in Chinese critical questions about China's role in Tibet and to urge Beijing to negotiate...
Report: China Tightens Controls on Internet News Content Through Additional Regulations
OpenNet Initiative: Bulletin 012
July 6, 2006
Last Updated: July 5, 2006
Contents
- Summary
- Background
- Regulations Summary
- Specific Provisions of Regulations
- Implications
- Conclusion
Summary
China's new regulations for Internet news content significantly tighten prior requirements that govern all news-related content...
