Posted on July 30, 2008 by nolympics
There will be no free internet for accredited journalists during their stay in Beijing as Reporters without Borders writes:
The Chinese authorities confirmed today that the 20,000 foreign journalists covering the Olympic Games will not have unrestricted access to the Internet during their stay. International Olympic Committee media chief Kevan Gosper nonetheless yesterday said the [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by nolympics
The Times writes about increased internet censorship in China following the events in Tibet:
China has closed down access to several of the world’s most popular websites in an apparent attempt to censor international coverage of the violence that is unfolding in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital.
YouTube, the video-sharing website which has become a home to [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2008 by nolympics
The Washington Post writes that cyber attacks on pro-Tibet organisations have been carried out:
Human rights and pro-democracy groups sympathetic to anti-China demonstrators in Tibet are being targeted by sophisticated cyber attacks designed to disrupt their work and steal information on their members and activities. (click here for more details)
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