Category Archives: Media regulation

Torture the Net Nanny voodo doll

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This person has blocked many websites that we love. Click on the photo to stick a pin into him (or her?) Keso, the king of China’s tech bloggers has written a post cursing China’s Net Nanny — Great FireWall as … Continue reading →

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Flickr.com filtered in China

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Photo-sharing website Flickr.com seems to have been attacked by the Net Nanny. Although it is still possible to load the website and even to log on and upload photos, the Nanny is using some type of filtering technology that stops … Continue reading →

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The Sensitive Word advertisement

Posted on 2007-06-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

8X8=? ESWN posted a short piece about an advertisement published in the Chengdu Evening News (成都晚报) commemorating the ‘strong mothers’ of the Tiananmen tomato. Wang Xiaofeng wrote a note about it entitled History, translated below: On this day of (Sensitive … Continue reading →

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Han Han on the death of Huang Ju

Posted on 2007-06-05 by Joel Martinsen

Han Han writes about Huang Ju (黄菊), whose name is filtered from Sina’s blogs. Also, flags at half-mast.

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Director Jia Zhangke tells all

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Joel Martinsen

Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯) reveals that Wang Bin (王斌), writer for Zhang Yimou (张艺谋) films, had his first film Pickpocket (小武) banned. From Soho Xiaobao (SOHO小报).

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Xiamen demonstration today – live reporting on blogs and video sites

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

PX demonstrations in Xiamen today Haicang PX is the name of a chemical factory plant currently being built in Xiamen in Fujian Province. Approved by the central government, Haicang PX is being developed with an investment of 10 billion yuan. … Continue reading →

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Blogspot blocked again — ongoing saga

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China’s Net Nanny is again manifesting her bipolar disorder: she’s blocked the blog hosting service Blogspot again. Below is a summary of the Nanny’s recent fickleness: Blogspot unblocked again March 29, 2007 Foreign blog providers (including Blogspot) blocked March 20, … Continue reading →

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Case against Net Nanny postponed by court

Posted on 2007-05-31 by Jeremy Goldkorn

As reported earlier on Danwei, a Shanghainese man who blogs under the name Yeetai has sued his Internet connection provider China Telecom. His complaint is that his U.S. hosted website was blocked, and China Telecom will not or cannot explain … Continue reading →

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Answers.com blocked unblocked in China

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Answers.com, the NASDAQ listed for profit website that makes heavy use of Wikipedia content has been blocked by China’s Net Nanny. Wikipedia has been blocked since November last year, after a brief period of being accessible. It seems that the … Continue reading →

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Reactions to blogger self-discipline pledge

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei recently reported that the Internet Society of China is soliciting public opinions about its draft “Blog Service Self-discipline Public Pledge,” which it wants blog service providers (BSP) within China’s borders to sign on to, voluntarily. Here are a few … Continue reading →

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