China Censorship
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China Bans the Access of All Languages of Wikipedia
China in a progression of their strict censorship has put a ban on the access to all languages of Wikipedia. The online encyclopedia has been blocked from access in the country since late April this year. Wikipedia is one of the most popular community contributed online encyclopedias referred by a large number of people across…
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Now China Blocks Marriott Hotels For Listing Tibet As Country
In a move to severely punish the biggest international hotel chain, Marriott hotels, China has announced that they blocked the websites and apps of the company in China for a whole week from Thursday. The hotel group is being punished for listing Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as separate countries in a survey form…
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China Blocks Dalai Lama’s Newly Launched iPhone App
Coping up with the increasing demand of the followers in this digital age, the Dalai Lama’s office launched an iPhone app of the religious leader with which the devotees and the followers can stay up to date with their icon, however, the bad news is that the iOS app is not available for those in…
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China Leads In Violating Internet Freedom
China leads in violating internet freedom in the world according to the report published by the Freedom House who is followed by Syria and then Ethiopia. The report declared that China leads in violating the internet freedom which suggested that the country highly manipulates the social media to undermine democracy.
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Leading Social Media Pinterest Now Banned In China!
Popular social media platform Pinterest has been banned in China. The image sharing site where users share and pin interesting items on a virtual board was included in the list of banned sites after the Chinese government started viewing it as a possible threat which might cause instability.