We already know about the censorship and propaganda in China pandemonium. The Great Wall of China forbids users to navigate freely on the Internet, 50c party makes social media posts to strategic distraction [1] and police the Internet ( wang-luo-guan-li- yuan ) removes hard criticism of the Chinese government.
after long time Internet and media censorship, Chinese citizens have become docile and accept censorship [2]. In January 2015, WeChat, one of the most popular messaging applications and social networks in China, arrested 133 accounts for disseminating fabricated information [3]. Shortly after, 10 WeChat defined rules for the wireless display new application (peng-you-quan, English Moments) to control its 468 million active users per month [4].
On a daily basis, many companies and organizations avoid contradicting the government because of concerns such as the revocation of the operating license or fear of an administrative penalty. For citizens, there are too many interests at stake to publish criticism online for ISPs and ICPs (Internet Content Providers) have removed anonymity online. Most social networking platforms require real identity (usually the cell phone number) to register. One can easily lose his / her job or be detained due to adverse comments posted on these networks. Accordingly, censorship has evolved to self-censorship in China. Online journalists routinely practiced self-censorship, and Chinese citizens are themselves censorship and purification of what they say on the Internet in order to avoid negative consequences.
China has a more sophisticated device in the world to censor, monitor and manipulate online content. Self-censorship is one of the worst results, because criticism of censorship will be automatically censored and banned new reflections on the legitimacy of censorship. Recent developments show censorship extends to mobile applications now, as well.
On June 28, the Administrative Cyberspace China issued new regulations for all mobile application providers. This means app stores and suppliers must establish the identity of users and retain user logs while monitoring and post messages that contain prohibited content. Any application developer must comply with these regulations and stay within the limits authorized by the Chinese government if they want to enter the market. This trend is alarming because it affects not only the application providers in China but also overseas suppliers. It further illustrates that censorship will be more convincing and more strict.
Censorship and self-censorship is a threat to Internet freedom. Access to a limited Internet is imperative for everyone.
References
- [1] How the Chinese Government Making social media posts to strategic Distraction Argument not Committed, Gary king, Jennifer Pan and Margaret E. Roberts
- [2] Zhen, SK (2015). "An explanation of self-censorship in China. The application of social control Through Panoptic infrastructure" Pulse Surveys Journal / student 7 (09)
- [3] Tencent China stops 133 WeChat is "distorting history" on the India Times
- [4] the 10 commandments of WeChat: new rules for what you can post and can post
- [5] fierce Chinese censors try a new tactic with GitHub-ask nicely on Quartz
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