China
ONI Blog: Is there a way to circumvent Google's censorship in China?
Google.cn is a Chinese language search service targeted towards users in the People's Republic of China. It was launched on January 25 2006 and it filters search requests to content deemed to be "sensitive" by the government of China. (You can compare...
ONI Blog: Skype Filters Text Messages in China
Following a trend of Western companies filtering content in China, Skype's CEO admits that the company's partner in China filters text messages. ONI has reported on China's filtering of multiple modes of on-line communication -...
ONI Blog: ONI bulletin released today analyzing Chinese non-commercial website registration regulation
Today we released a bulletin analyzing the effects of China's mandatory website registration regulation on website owners and bloggers. The bulletin analyzes the effectiveness of the regulation’s legal provisions and considers its practical impact on Chinese users. If you'd like...
Report: Analysis of China's Non-Commercial Web Site Registration Regulation
OpenNet Initiative: Bulletin 011
Last Updated: February 22,2006
China has recently moved to require all non-commercial Web sites to register with its Ministry of Information Industry (MII)(1). The MII began closing non-registered Web sites at the end of December2005. The OpenNet Initiative (ONI)...
ONI Blog: Google.cn Filtering: How It Works
Google has opened a new Chinese-language search engine at www.google.cn that filters out results from sites that are considered “sensitive” by the Chinese government. In addition to filtering news.bbc.co.uk search results are also filtered for the human right groups hrw.org and hrichina.org...
ONI Blog: China Struggles to Respond to Tech-Enabled Protests
Violent protests in China have grown in number and scale recently, as even Chinese in rural areas learn quickly of uprisings via cell phones and the Internet. Concerned with economic and political stability, the government has issued stern warnings through...
ONI Blog: Internet Filtering in China in 2004-2005
China operates the most extensive, technologically sophisticated, and broad-reaching system of Internet filtering in the world. The OpenNet Initiative tested China's Internet filtering of web content, blog postings, and e-mail correspondences. Our testing found efforts to prevent access to a wide range...
ONI Blog: China Blocks Web Site on Homosexuality
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that China has blocked a Web site providing information on homosexuality and AIDS. The site reportedly does not have sexually explicit materials. ONI's China study found minimal blocking of sites with content related to homosexuality;...
ONI Blog: ONI Principal Ron Deibert Interview on China Study
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation interviews Professor Ron Deibert of the Citizen Lab about China's Internet filtering. Listen to the broadcast here or read the transcript here.
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ONI Blog: China Filters Comments on Pope's Death
AFP reports that three of China's main on-line discussion fora (Netease.com, Sina.com, and Sohu.com) are filtering comments on the death of Pope John Paul II so that only the poster can view them. A Sohu official stated that the decision was...
