China tightens control of net
China already has by most accounts the strictest Internet controls in the world. Its monitoring and filtering techniques have been described as a panopticon and nicknamed The Great Firewall of China. Now according to Reporters Sans Frontieres and the China Human Rights Defenders group, control of the Internet in China is yet again being tightened.
Censorship of the internet in China is becoming more draconian, according to new details of Beijing’s online restrictions published by human rights organisations.
The report also said that the punishments meted out to those who are deemed to have transgressed Beijing’s rules are becoming more drastic.
The complete article in The Guardian is China tightens control of net.
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