Can Bloggers Collapse the Great Firewall of China?

The recent capture of protesters in China has raised questions about censorship in the country. But savvy bloggers are finding ways around Big Brother, and some say they could bring about the crumbling of the Great Firewall of China.

Digital Journal - China loves crackdowns. On activists, bloggers and anyone with a dissenting opinion. And so with the Olympics only one year away, critics are now concerned about the Chinese government's censorship of the Internet and media.

The government has promised Western media the freedom to report and travel around the country, but locals have not been given the same rights.

In China, Internet searches filter out content not permitted by the country's "Propaganda Department", bloggers are restricted from accessing certain domains and some reports suggest Chinese citizens have even been sent to jail for speaking out against the Chinese government.

In this episode of Digital Journal TV, we look into the growing concerns about the Asian giant's censorship and how savvy bloggers are now starting to evade Big Brother. Using techniques similar to North American spammers, and by connecting to computers in the West, the population of 30 million bloggers (and growing) in China are finding ways to get around censorship.

And with the Olympics around the corner, the Chinese government could see an explosion of citizen journalism throughout the country; voices no longer satisfied with being smothered by political censorship. Some now say this growing demand for freedom on the Internet, could spell the end of the Great Firewall of China.

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Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• china
• bloggers
• censorship
• internet
• olympics
• beijing
• firewall
• protesters
• tibet
• chinese
• communist
• freedom
• of
• speech

[societalnorms]

The world's next super power? Aren't the Chinese like ONE FIFTH of the human race? That sure is a hell of a lot of Chinese people if you think about it. Censorship of the Olymics is already in effect. Delayed 'live' broadcasts of the Olympics, blackouts on YouTube for opening ceremonies, and more... uh, yep. Super powers at work MONITORING what you do. Free speech is as hidden as ancient Chinese secrets...

[cnnoaccess]

China, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, they all block web sites, and arrest journalists, look these countries, they are all rogues.

[ernesdee2o916]

Im four years too late to comment this.

[murdertoy]

If this will happen it's gonna be a REALLY big SHIT! Those focking slant shits...

If it will go like this i'm going to war with this!

[lzyjoy]

is it the china town in downtown toronto..i think i saw TTC

[Fergus3232]

Boycott China products! Don't make the China government rich by buying China products!

[dickmoe99]

stop sniffing glue man, seriously

[xXRand0mnameXx]

next superpower? look what happened to communist russia

[killbill402]

These two wants to deprave Chinas great clean internet. The chinese has more common sense than the americans.

[YANGHONGHONG]

靠，，这是中国内地吗?

[PRCForever]

the people of the United Shame of AmeriKKKa does not understand what Native American Indians are. Neither do they know where Puerto Rico, Guam and Hawaii is.

90% of Americans cant even find Iraq and Afganistan on a map

[BruceLeeKickYoAss4]

100% support for China...Cheer to the strong advancing and rising China...go China go! All you jealous cocksucker pathetic puppet bozo clowns out there can suck china's cock, eat china's poopoo, drink china's peepee and DIE.....ahhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaa

Independence for Native american Indians,Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii now! FREE and stop the murderous killing and torture in Iraq and Afghan now!

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