censorship, china, google, great firewall, virtual private network ban

Google’s Continued Support of China’s Great Firewall

Google has banned virtual private network (VPN) product adverts in China because of local legal restrictions. The action, however, seems to lend credence to the rumors that Google plans on re-entering the Chinese market with a censored search engine to work around China’s Great Firewall. Following policy or helping censorship efforts? Under its new policy, ...

Jack Roberts

The Google logo.

Microsoft Bing Blackout in China Raises Fear of State Censorship

When Chinese Internet users discovered that they could not access Microsoft’s Bing search engine webpage, the first thought that came to most people’s minds was that the website had been blocked by state censors. However, the service came back online soon and it was found that the accessibility issue was caused by a technical error ...

Nspirement Staff

China Punishing Citizens for Using VPNs

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has implemented a strict Internet censorship policy in the country that prevents citizens from accessing foreign websites. As a result, many Chinese citizens have been using VPNs to bypass censorship and access the content they desire. But the CCP has started to heavily crack down on VPN users as it ...

Armin Auctor

Chinese Growing Up Without the Proper Knowledge or Desire for Freedom

China has strong censorship policies in place that prevent citizens from accessing websites like Google, Facebook, or any other services that the communist government deems harmful. As a result, millions of young Chinese are growing up without having a proper knowledge of Western societies’ freedom of democracy, history, or free speech. Censorship instead of freedom ...

Nspirement Staff

Whatsapp Undergoing Censorship in China

Whatsapp is now undergoing the same censorship in China as Gmail. A few years ago, a woman who lives in Switzerland traveled to China to see her mother. She sent an email to a friend of hers in China asking that friend to contact her after she arrived so they could see each other. The ...

David Jirard

The last major instant messaging app available for use in China had some of its features blocked on July 19. (pixabay.com)