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...tens of thousands of censors employed by the government, blocking access to restricted information both at home and abroad is an ongoing struggle. Their work is mirrored by employees of large Web portals who ensure content conforms with official directives. With what is called the "Great Firewall of China," authorities block access to overseas Web pages deemed objectionable and shutter domestic sites that repeatedly stray into restricted territory. Search engines are prevented from linking to sensitive content. Mainland media, which face a host of regulations that limit how they can report the news, are often forced to take down controversial...
...conflict with the Internet giant as a commercial dispute and a simple matter of law. But to a significant number of Chinese Web users, the extensive Web restrictions increasingly chafe. So they make use of widely available proxies and virtual private networks to fanqiang, or "climb the wall," for access to everything from politics to porn. Censors can further restrict access to overseas sites by slowing or blocking the networks used to bypass the Great Firewall, says Xiao, but they are reluctant to do so for fear of interfering with commercial applications, like secure communications between corporate offices...
Because mainland users have to climb the Great Firewall to access Twitter, they generally share an interest in issues of free speech, says Xiao. They discuss news in the unfiltered medium of Twitter and then repost information on mainland blogs and Twitter-like microblogging services. "It is not a fluke," he says. "It's a pattern. The Chinese censors look at this space with great focus and are trying to figure out what to do with...
...book, Match Prints, it might sound odd, but I was happy for him. What a blessing that he could leave this world so peacefully, in peak form, with New York City about to toast him. I'm sure when Jimmy got to those pearly gates, he insisted on all access with no restrictions...
...about whether to remove hunting permits from the public record is reminiscent of the battle over making concealed-carry permits private, an effort that has been increasingly successful in the past few years. Supporters of such a public-records exemption say there's no reason the general public needs access to information about citizens who are simply exercising legal rights. "There are no downsides," says Idaho state representative Judy Boyle, a Republican who proposed the measure. If a hunter seems to be doing something wrong, she says, let the police investigate: "We're not vigilante people," she says. Millage...