China is known to possess one of the most pervasive and developed Internet filtration systems in the world. Navigating China’s tightly controlled and state-monitored online world has posed a unique challenge not just for Chinese citizens but also for visitors like Sara Marie Watson. Miss Watson’s blog, aptly titled “Sara in China,” deals broadly with […]
This past week, an Argentinian judge from the National Criminal Court (Juzgado Nacional en lo Criminal y Correccional No.9, Secretaría No. 17) ordered all ISPs to block the political whistleblowing sites leakymails.com and leakymails.blogspot.com. Under the banner of “lets stop lies and hypocrisy,” leakymails.com was intended to expose corruption within Argentina government by publishing relevant […]
Beginning in June, Herdict saw its traffic from Baidu, China’s leading search engine, drop to unprecedented lows. Although it does not appear that Herdict itself has been delisted at Baidu, the removal of other sites has impacted Herdict’s visitors from China. Baidu has stopped returning results when searches for complete web addresses of blocked sites […]
