I found this article interesting since it relates to a prior discussion the class had about an organization’s data when having an international site in China. Even though China is the world’s second largest economy, a lot of things are becoming less free regarding digital communication. The country’s regulators are becoming more aggressive on what more than 750 million users can and cannot do online. This year, the country has become quite strict on the most popular video-streaming websites, cracked down on their VPNs, removed foreign TV shows from online platforms, required users to register to online forums with their real names and introduced laws that hold chat group admins accountable for what is being said in their spaces. Additionally, the new laws require online news websites to be overseen by the government. China internet users have expressed frustration towards these changes. A student from the mainland relied on VPNs to connect to the outside world. Another stated they utilized VPNs to allow them access to YouTube and other reference websites that helped them with their class work. I could not imagine the government pretty much controlling my every move on the internet. Like the one student from China explained, she used a lot of outside sites to help with course work as a lot of people do around the world. China seems to be taking the control to the next extreme, which based off feedback is hurting more than helping. I could never imagine not having access to Google at any point which is a source a majority of the people rely on to find websites and get questions answered.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/china-internet-censorship-new-crackdowns-and-rules-are-here-to-stay.html
Hi Elizabeth:
Very interesting article and I was very surprise that China implement another laws to restrict the internet users.
Elizabeth,
In my opinion this law has many advantages and disadvantages, It will give the government a control of people activities over the internet which can target any people who are trying to do something wrong. At the mean time there is a big disadvantage since this law will touch the privacy of citizens who are now afraid to speak up freely about their ideas and thoughts.
Very interesting article and a big debate can be open regarding this topic.
what is freedom of speech? what is freedom of bear? Do you think someone doesnt need to be responsible for their words? There is no free launch. We all do know about it. If you were leader of China, what would you do in fact of 1 billion+ of population? There is no wrong or right (decision or law). Dont they want it’s the best for their citizen to get the best out of internet? We all make touch choices.
Hey Elizabeth,
This was a great article indeed. China has always surprised the world with its constant innovation and developments, being a closed economy. It put a ban on Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc. to protect its internal systems. All these companies failed to make a mark and in fact, local companies in China, example, Baidu, rose up to show strength. I think all countries should have a balanced regulation in cyber threat and I would in many ways not encourage the approach that China has taken. Banning the most important networks also shows lack of development in many ways.