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China’s Web Censors Go into Overdrive as President Xi Jinping Consolidates Power

posted by janrinok on Tuesday February 27 2018, @06:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-truth-is-what-we-say-it-is dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes in with information on how China is controlling the internet internally:

TechCrunch:

"China's web scrubbers have been busy banning a collection of terms and dropping the hammer on user accounts after the Xi Jinping, the country's premier, got the all-clear to become 'President For Life' after the Communist Party moved to amend the constitution to remove an article that limits Presidential terms to two five-year terms."

BBC:

"The comments remaining on the popular Sina Weibo microblog are mostly monosyllabic statements from users simply say they "like" or "approve" the amendments.

They are likely to be from China's "50 Cent Party" - a nickname coined for internet commentators who are paid small amounts to post messages supporting the government's position.

Some posts have attracted thousands of comments - but only a few are available to view. This is traditionally indicative of online censorship by government administrators. "

China Digital Times:

"Following state media's announcement, censorship authorities began work to limit online discussion. CDT Chinese editors found the following terms blocked from being posted on Weibo: [...]"

Sources:

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:08AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @10:08AM (#645071)

    When I'm chopping down a tree, every swing of the axe I think "is this the blow that will bring it down?" Every time, the answer is no, except for the final blow.

  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday February 28 2018, @04:14PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @04:14PM (#645213)

    Maybe, but if you keep swinging away and then pass the job to your son, and he eventually passes the job to your grandson, who passes it to your great-grandson, who finally fells the tree (with it falling on his head), as far as you were concerned the tree never really fell since you weren't even alive to see it.