Tag Archives: censorship
Green Dam bursts under netizen pressure
I had meant to post this yesterday when I learned of it, but having my nation’s birthday to celebrate proved too much of a distraction–apologies. So, if you’ve not yet heard, Green Dam Youth Escort appears to be dead.
What was, as of July 1, to be mandatory censorship software installed on all new computers in China, has been indefinitely delayed due to a lack of prep time being given to hardware manufacturers.
Green Dam Youth Escort: A Summary of the Holey Harlot
Not since the release of Windows Vista has such a poorly designed, expensively developed, non-mandatory but strongly encouraged, scenically sounding piece of software created such a buzz as has Green Dam Youth Escort.
The new was-said-to-be-mandatory-but-now-isn’t-and-maybe-never-was software, produced for the Chinese Government as a way to protect the world’s most massive population from the evils of fairer skin tones, has everyone up in arms.
Harmonization goes one step further, soon to be on all Chinese PCs
Well, it’s June 9–five days after that anniversary of events that “never happened”–and Internet access is limping back to normal here in the PRC. Twitter is unblocked and Flickr is… erm… flickering back to normal. YouTube and Blogspot are still out, but maybe those switches are in a different GFW building or something. I’ll be patient.
And just as the sun was beginning to shine on my online experience, I get this news:
Using Skype in China?
Just a quick note that if you’re using Skype in China, or more importantly, using a TOM-Skype (from skype.tom.com) download of the software, you should check out my most recent post on Lost Laowai: Chinese Skype privacy breech. If you are, or have chatted to anyone using the Chinese-version of Skype, there’s a good chance …
Damn The Censors!
Anyone that reads this blog often enough knows that I’ve no love for censorship. I down-right loath it. Freedom of speech is the apex of . There is not a situation I can think of whereby I feel a person should have their ability to speak on any topic they desire taken away from them. …
