Dmitri Vitaliev: Bypassing China’s internet censors: “Dmitri Vitaliev: China has temporarily relaxed internet censorship, but democracy activists already know how to bypass the web police” (Via guardian.co.uk Comment is free.)
German Olympic Chief under Fire: Politicians Allege Official ‘Trivialized’ Chinese Internet Censorship: “The chief of the German Olympic Committee has come under fire for comments critics say trivialize China’s move last week to block journalists’…
Internet firms agree to ‘code of conduct’ in China: “ Just days before the Olympic torch will reach Beijing, Internet leaders Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft say they are close to an agreement on a code…
Durbin Says Internet Giants Close to Agreement on Code of Conduct (8-4-2008) Monday, August 4, 2008 [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that a number of the largest American internet companies,…
Beijing unblocks BBC Chinese site: “Chinese authorities appear to have unblocked the BBC’s Chinese language website, amid a row over internet censorship.” (Via BBC News.)
China lifts more internet curbs: “China unblocks more websites in a bid to end a row over internet access for Olympic journalists, a week before the Games open.” (Via BBC News.)
China Eases Internet Restrictions for Journalists: “The Chinese authorities, bowing to criticism, lifted some of the restrictions, but other politically sensitive sites remained inaccessible. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Chinese to censor Olympic press net access: “ Sensitive sites blocked, despite previous assurances The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has admitted cutting a deal with the Chinese to allow the blocking of press access to…
China lifts internet firewall in time for Olympics: “China has opened crevices in the Great Firewall that blocks access to many internet sites, allowing the public to see some quarters of cyberspace that it has…
CN / EU – China’s censorship of Web unacceptable: “(Reuters) EU’s telecoms chief Viviane Reding has said that China’s censorship of the Internet was ‘unacceptable’ and that the Beijing Olympics were a chance for the…