Reply With QuoteChina blocks a lot more than YouTube. That isn't the first place I'd start with problems concerning Chinese freedom.
China Blocks Access to YouTube -- But Why?
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03-24-2009, 05:06 PM #1I'm CEO, Bitch! ADMINISTRATOR
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China Blocks Access to YouTube -- But Why?
China Blocks Access to YouTube -- But Why?
JR Raphael, PC World
Mar 24, 2009 3:50 pm
China appears to be blocking all access to YouTube. Now, why in the world would it do something like that? I've got some theories.
First, though, the facts: YouTube use from China started dropping off the map sometime Monday night, with traffic nearly reaching a standstill by Tuesday morning. Google (which owns YouTube) has confirmed the apparent ban, though its staff is not certain of the cause.
"We do not know the reason for the blockage, and we're working as quickly as possible to restore access to our users in China," a spokesperson says.
Google does believe the Chinese government knowingly cut the access. The spokesperson, however, questions why officials wouldn't have just blocked a specific video, as they've done before, rather than nixing the entire site.
Conflicting Messages
Here's where things get interesting: A Chinese Foreign Ministry official tells Reuters his nation is not scared of the Internet -- in fact, he says, it embraces the exchange of electronic information.
"Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite," the official, Qin Gang, explains. "China's Internet is open enough, but also needs to be regulated by law in order to prevent the spread of harmful information and for national security."
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They have been doing it for a long time, the only difference is that the news people are printing it loud now....
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Chinese culture is changing because they see how we westerners live.
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Motivation Bench form Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu
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Is it because of this video? It was posted on youtube on 3-20-09..must be newest one. Originally Posted by Prince
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It's for the common good of the people.
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This is pretty common actually. I believe it was an accident. When you start trying to block one thing, you accidentally end up blocking everything to a destination.
The UK did it with Wikipedia not too long ago.
They probably tried to block a video, but ended up blocking the entire site.“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.”
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LOL, I hope they have more competent IT people than that! Originally Posted by KelJu
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Originally Posted by Prince
One mistyped address, or a slash in the wrong place will do that. Like I said, the UK blocked wikipedia to the entire region because of a typo. It happens.“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.”
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understood, but a competent IT person tests and checks their work!
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In China the person who probably has the authority to do this is only a Bureaucrat and hardly has the full skill set to do the job, likely he is the nephew of someone else higher up...... Originally Posted by Prince
Coarse edged youth, the irish pendants string from their smiles
not yet plucked as to slacken the seams
and drag down the features of age,
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eyes of tranquilty, crystalline-beads
no sign of despair in their hair, nor their hearts
but oh they have yet to be experienced and that makes aging so very worth it...ML circa2012
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