So I am in China for a week. I will write about the wider politics of the place when my time here draws to a close, but for now I will focus on just one aspect: what China’s block on
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Tag: Censorship
Sina Weibo: this is what arbitrary censorship feels like
Alexander Stubb is there. Herman Van Rompuy is there. So I thought I’d have a go at using the Chinese social network Sina Weibo (Wikipedia | Website). The first headache is trying to work out how to sign up. I
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techPresident | Don’t step on the grass in Facebook’s walled garden: lessons from the UK
“While Wills and Kate paraded along The Mall on Friday, a smaller story was developing online – reports that Facebook had purged more than 50 accounts of left wing and student groups emerged, at the same time as police were
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