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A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted. This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country (except Autonomous area).
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. [132]
Internet users will be required to provide proof of identity when posting messages on the more than 100,000 Web sites registered in Xiamen. [69] The Chinese government issued new rules on 28 December 2012, requiring Internet users to provide their real names to service providers, while assigning Internet companies greater responsibility for ...
The system for blocking sites and articles is referred to as "The Great Firewall of China". According to a Harvard study conducted in 2002, [162] at least 18,000 websites were blocked from within the country, and the number is believed to have been growing constantly. [163]
As the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre approached, Chinese authorities blocked more websites and search engines. GreatFire said that the block was far-reaching, and that Google simply wasn't working. "The block is indiscriminate as all Google services in all countries, encrypted or not, are now blocked in China.
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The Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo said in 2010 that among the publications that help the over 100,000-strong expatriate group in Beijing, The Beijinger is "the most famous publication and has a very useful website".
Documents leaked in April 2009 from an employee in Baidu's internal monitoring and censorship department show a long list of blocked websites and censored topics on Baidu search. [ 93 ] In May 2011, activists sued Baidu in the United States for violating the U.S. Constitution by the censorship it conducts in accord with the demand of the ...