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Censorship in china
1. CENSORSHIP IN CHINA
What is internet censorship in China?
How is internet censorship in China enforced?
How is internet censorship affecting people of China?
2. What is internet censorship in china?
• Internet censorship is the act of removing and/or
blocking access to content or information by a greater
power, such as the government. It is mainly used to
keep information away from the public, it is also used
to keep the public in check to prevent ideas from
emerging.
3. How is internet censorship enforced?
• China’s government has employed 2 million
people to police the internet “Using keyword
searches, their job is to sift the millions of
messages being posted on popular social media
and microblogging sites such as Sina Weibo,
regarded as China's equivalent to Twitter. They
then compile reports for decision makers, the
report said.”
4. How is internet censorship in China affecting it’s people?
“China's lack of innovation derives partially from entrepreneurs not
knowing enough about the latest trends, something attributable to the
closed nature of the country's Internet.” Because of the lack of access
to information many people who rely on the internet for their business
suffer greatly.
China has Input A lot of resources into monitoring and censoring the
internet. “Its total cost remains a state secret, but the state-run China
Central Television (CCTV) was quoted by one of the participating
developers, Guangdong Hong'an Group, as saying that the investment
had already reached 6.4 billion RMB, or $770 million, in 2002.”
In some cases censoring the internet is not always a bad thing as
stated “Kaifu Lee, founder of the Innovation Works, a Beijing-based
innovation incubator, says censorship can provide a mechanism for
protecting local technology firms, even though it was not designed for
this purpose.”
