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Google.cn Has Already Stopped Filtering?
Wednesday, 13 Jan, 2010 – 13:16 | Comments
Google.cn Has Already Stopped Filtering?

This morning, it came a HUGE news for everyone who involves in the China Internet industry. Google announced in its official blog that it was going to say NO to China government’s censorship policy due to amount of highly sophisticated hack attach to Gmail accounts.“We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China,” said Google…….

Neutrogena’s SunStopper Campaign Have to Be Stopped in China?
Wednesday, 22 Jul, 2009 – 1:49 | Comments
Neutrogena’s SunStopper Campaign Have to Be Stopped in China?

Johnson & Johnson is attempting to create a solar eclipse online to promote its Neutrogena Ultra Sheer sun block product across the region. This DDB Singapore-developed project, SunStopper, will claim the century’s longest and most dramatic total solar eclipse on the morning of July 22 in China, India and Japan.

However, 75% social media assets in this campaign are turned off in China due to the the Chinese Internet Censorship, while China is the major region to witness this phenomenon and the main target of this campaign……

The “Green Dam Girl” – Netizens Spoof the Censorship Software
Saturday, 13 Jun, 2009 – 23:02 | Comments
The “Green Dam Girl” – Netizens Spoof the Censorship Software

The massively discussed Green Dam – Youth Escort Censorship Software is the hottest topic on Chinese Internet during this week.

Spoofing is a very classical Chinese Internet culture. Netizen absolutely won’t let the disgusting Green Dam off. Thus, the “Green Dam Girl” has been created by netizens……

The Chinese “Green Dam – Youth Escort” Censorship Software
Thursday, 11 Jun, 2009 – 13:02 | Comments
The Chinese “Green Dam – Youth Escort” Censorship Software

Following the block of Twitter / Flickr / Live / Bing / Hotmail and “the Chinese Website Maintenance Day”, Chinese government has ordered that every PC sold in Mainland China should be shipped with built-in censoring technology. Called Green Dam Youth Escort Software (绿坝-花季护航软件), it’s designed to block access to certain Web sites including pornography, illicit, and any “harmful” content. The official notice about the requirement by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says it is aimed at “constructing a green, healthy, and harmonious Internet environment, and preventing harmful information on the Internet from influencing and poisoning young people.” ……