Twitter and Flickr Banned In China
Posted By Keith Dsouza On June 3, 2009 @ 11:43 am In Annoyances | 9 Comments
The Chinese government has banned two new services Twitter [1] the micro-blogging service and Flickr [2] the photo-sharing network in China, this ban comes after the earlier ban on BlogSpot blogs [3].
These services are primarily blocked for the upcoming as the 10th anniversary of Tiananmen Square nears.
In the past China has also banned access to Youtube [4] and WordPress [5] blogs. Most likely the bans will be lifted once it is over, however you can still access blocked sites [6] using proxy servers, or browse anonymously on the Internet [7] using a software.
What do you think about the ban? Is it justified?
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URL to article: http://techie-buzz.com/annoyances/twitter-and-flickr-banned-in-china.html
URLs in this post:
[1] Twitter: http://techie-buzz.com/tag/twitter
[2] Flickr: http://techie-buzz.com/tag/flickr
[3] ban on BlogSpot blogs: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/access-blogspot-blogs-china.html
[4] Youtube: http://techie-buzz.com/tag/youtube
[5] WordPress: http://techie-buzz.com/tag/wordpress
[6] access blocked sites: http://techie-buzz.com/featured/how-to-access-blocked-websites.html
[7] browse anonymously on the Internet: http://feeds.techie-buzz.com/~r/techiebuzz/~3/zRazNsvR9H0/browse-internet-anonymously.html
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