Consumer and technological trends in China
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China's 'Internet police' open a window on Web censorship

China's 'Internet police' open a window on Web censorship | Consumer and technological trends in China | Scoop.it

"The branch of China's police in charge of censoring illegal and harmful online information will make its efforts more visible to the public from Monday with the launch of their own ..."


Via Ronald Bannon MBA, C.Adm., FCMC
Ronald Bannon MBA, C.Adm., FCMC's curator insight, May 31, 2015 11:10 PM

The Chinese government aggressively censors the Internet, blocking many sites it deems could challenge the rule of the Communist Party or threaten stability, including popular Western sites like YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, as well as Google Inc's main search engine and Gmail service. Police in some 50 areas, from metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai to more obscure cities like Xuzhou in Jiangsu province, will open accounts on sites including Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, the ministry said late on Sunday.

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China, a fish barrel for cybercriminals

China, a fish barrel for cybercriminals | Consumer and technological trends in China | Scoop.it

"The naïveté of new Internet users, and an emphasis on bolstering the web’s growth, have left China’s more than 600 million Internet users vulnerable to cybercrime ..."

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