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What Does China Censor Online?
What can and can't you do online in the People's Republic?
Most of the big social websites - Facebook, Twitter, YouTube - are blocked. Many familiar sites, such as Wikipedia, remain but with entire sections or contentious pages disappeared by The Great Firewall. Porn is pretty much outlawed.
Data in this area is difficult to come by. ConceptDoppler.org is a good source but most of the information dates back to 2008. Censored search terms and online materials often vary from region to region. Sites are routinely blocked and then unblocked, sometimes on a weekly basis. You can check it for yourself in this Google Doc.
spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ncFliSmVvb2dw...
More infographics and visualisations here:
www.informationisbeautiful.net
What Does China Censor Online?
What can and can't you do online in the People's Republic?
Most of the big social websites - Facebook, Twitter, YouTube - are blocked. Many familiar sites, such as Wikipedia, remain but with entire sections or contentious pages disappeared by The Great Firewall. Porn is pretty much outlawed.
Data in this area is difficult to come by. ConceptDoppler.org is a good source but most of the information dates back to 2008. Censored search terms and online materials often vary from region to region. Sites are routinely blocked and then unblocked, sometimes on a weekly basis. You can check it for yourself in this Google Doc.
spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ncFliSmVvb2dw...
More infographics and visualisations here:
www.informationisbeautiful.net