ONI compared data from the Olympics Main Press Center (MPC) to that from other locations in Beijing, compiling a snapshot of Internet filtering in China leading up to week 1 of the Olympics.

The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on August 8 has been revealed to have had its share of special effects (or fakery as some have called it).

In one week’s time, an international uproar over the filtering of politically sensitive websites at the Olympics Main Press Center (MPC) appears to have resulted in a more open Internet-and not only