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Retrieved 1 July 2024. China's "Great Firewall" is one of many impossible to breach through of the world's most comprehensive internet censorship regimes, preventing citizens from accessing websites like Instagram, Wikipedia and YouTube. ^ a b "China's Facebook Status: Blocked".
According to a Harvard study, at least 18,000 websites were blocked from within mainland China in 2002, [97] including 12 out of the Top 100 Global Websites. The Chinese-sponsored news agency, Xinhua, stated that censorship targets only "superstitious, pornographic, violence-related, gambling, and other harmful information."
Eight of the 24 more trafficked websites in China have been blocked by the Great Firewall. This has created a burden to foreign suppliers who rely on these websites to sell their products or services. The lobby's 2016 business climate survey showed 79 percent of its members reported a negative impact on business due to internet censorship. [131]
The censorship of Wikimedia in mainland China means that the government of the People's Republic of China and network operators in mainland China have used technical means since June 2004 [1] to prevent netizens in mainland China from accessing some or all project websites under the Wikimedia Foundation. One of the most affected projects is the ...
Censorship in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is mandated by the country's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is one of the strictest censorship regimes in the world. [1] The government censors content for mainly political reasons, such as curtailing political opposition, and censoring events unfavorable to the CCP, such ...
YouTube. YouTube is fully blocked in all of mainland China and will be for the foreseeable future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccvortex ( talk • contribs) 09:18, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[ reply] I was in China in October, 2007, and I was able to access YouTube in Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Shanghai.
Pages in category "Blocked websites by country". The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Countries blocking access to The Pirate Bay. List of websites with country access restrictions.
Censorship of GitHub. GitHub has been the target of censorship from governments using methods ranging from local Internet service provider blocks, intermediary blocking using methods such as DNS hijacking and man-in-the-middle attacks, and denial-of-service attacks on GitHub's servers from countries including China, India, Iraq, Russia, and ...