Title: Electronic Decentralisation in China: A Critical Analysis of Internet Filtering Policies in the People's Republic of China
Abstract: Abstract China is in the midst of an Internet revolution that appears to be accelerating. Despite Beijing's desperate attempts to control Web content, the flow of 'illegal' and 'undesirable' information continues to bypass the state's primitive regulatory system. This study examines the administrative and technical difficulties involved in Internet regulation in China, and concludes that digital censorship is unworkable. Not only are China's surveillance and bureaucratic arrangements inadequate, counter-filtering technologies have been implemented both in and out of China to ensure a relatively free flow of information. Anti-blocking software, mirror sites, remailers, secret Usenet groups, and anonymous e-mail services have all contributed to a noticeable breakdown in Beijing's enforcement mechanisms.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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