China

Lack of internet freedom



Primary Source: ﻿[|Chinese case study] This case study was done on internet freedom in China. Technology can be very helpful and can be a way for people to get information they wouldn't get in an easy way but this case study shows that China doesn't feel that way about technology. Since the government has taken over much of the internet and blocked many sights it starts a problem, is blocking internet sights a violation of human rights and this article talks about how it is. Primary Source: [|Interview about internet freedom] Wang Qing is a computer technician and has gone to many different government people saying that information should be available to the citizens of China. This source explains the problem of China's government censoring the internet by talking about what Wang Qing thinks and what he ended up doing. This shows that even people who don't like to cause trouble with the government are even upset about the censorship of the internet and thinks it should be changed. Artifact 1: [|Statistic Picture] This picture proves exactly what internet censorship has done to China. It shows how there are so many people in china, the highest amount of people using the internet but only 1/4 of the people actually use the internet. The artifact sates everything cleary because of the censorship in China the amount of people using the internet is nowhere near the amount of people that live in China. Artifact 2: [|Rules and regulations on internet] This article does a good job at explaing what it the internet is like in China. As the internet keeps growing so does the censorship of the internet grows in China so that the citizens can't get on websites the government doesn't approve of. In 2001 sending "secret" material over the intenet became illeagel and people who were caught doing it were sentenced between two to four year. Since then there have been more rules and regulations that block many parts of the internet and many regulations don't let citizens of China do things online. Artifact 3: [|Tightest internet censorship] This article directly states one of the biggest problems in China, China has the most extensive censorship in the world. A study was done in six different areas of china to test the censorship of the internet in China. Many popular nes, political and religious sites, selected entertainment and educational destenations were block. This study proves that the citizens dont' have many rights at all on the internet and the government basically decides for them what they can do online.