Tag Archives: media regulation

Net Nanny takes her meds

Posted on 2007-10-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China’s Net Nanny has unblocked the Google-owned blog host Blogspot. Blogspot has been blocked since June this year, but have a look at this Danwei post to see the on-again ogg-again approach the Nanny has taken to messing with the … Continue reading →

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Nonsense reporting about China

Posted on 2007-10-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Slate gets it wrong on Dalian and media censorship; Ars Technica and Boing Boing fear-monger about rss blockage in China.

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18,401 websites shut down

Posted on 2007-09-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Last week Danwei republished some annoyed comments from Chinese bloggers who reported that thousands of websites and servers have been shut down this month, presumably in the run-up to the 17th Party Congress when all netizens should be aware that … Continue reading →

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Chinese bloggers endure harmony overload

Posted on 2007-09-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China’s Net Nanny harmonizes the Internet before the 17th Party Congress, scheduled to start on October 15, 2007

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Transformers and Wikipedia

Posted on 2007-08-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Chinese government works to keep out foreign flies. Examples from the film industry and the Internet.

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The peril of discussing official business in enclosed spaces

Posted on 2007-08-08 by Joel Martinsen

A news website reports that Xu Xinxiang (徐新贤) died naked in a car. Then they issue a correction completely denying the report.

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How to run a standalone blog, legally

Posted on 2007-07-24 by Joel Martinsen

William Long responds to Zousuper.

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Xiamen to kill off anonymous posting

Posted on 2007-07-06 by Joel Martinsen

Xiamen releases Measures to fight unhealthy and harmful information on the Internet (厦门市互联网有害信息和不良信息管理和处置办法). It includes a ban on anonymous posting.

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Emergency reports and rumors

Posted on 2007-06-28 by Joel Martinsen

The law on emergency response (突发事件应对法草案) is revised, striking out a provision fining the media for unauthorized reporting. Commentary by Guo Guangdong (郭光东) and Lian Yue (连岳).

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Xinhua, CCTV, and the Virginia Tech shootings

Posted on 2007-04-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Roundup of media analyses of the way the press reported the Virginia tech shootings.

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