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Internet censorship in China is circumvented by determined parties by using proxy servers outside the firewall. [208] Users may circumvent all of the censorship and monitoring of the Great Firewall if they have a working VPN or SSH connection method to a computer outside mainland China. However, disruptions of VPN services have been reported ...
This method can be generalized by Web-page-by-mail services; for example, if an internet user emails web@cnn.com with the URL of a CNN webpage, that internet user will receive an email containing the contents of that specific Webpage. [260] Mirrored web pages are another way to circumvent Internet censorship by the Great Firewall of China. [260]
The reasons behind the Internet censorship in China include: Social control: the Internet is a means for freedom of speech, and dissemination of campaigns could lead to protests against the government. Sensitive content: to control information about the government in China.
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For example, instead of saying something has been censored, one might say "it has been harmonized" (Chinese: 被和谐了) or "it has been river-crabbed" (Chinese: 被河蟹了). The widespread use of "river crab" by Chinese netizens represents a sarcastic defiance against official discourse and censorship.
Self-censorship has worsened as universities have adopted online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Chinese students joining class from behind China's "Great Firewall" system of internet ...
GreatFire (GreatFire.org) is a website [note 1] that monitors the status of websites censored by the Great Firewall of China [2] and helps Chinese Internet users circumvent the censorship and blockage of websites in China. [3] [4] The site was first launched in 2011 by an anonymous trio. [5]