New Study Finds Revealing Patterns in Chinese Internet Censorship
Posted in: Censorship at 15/06/2012 14:02
It is well established that China's propaganda authorities employ a variety of techniques in attempting to control the spread of information on social networks, but a new study suggests the government's last line of defense, an army of human censors who manually excise posts, is operating differently than previously thought.
Instead of simply censoring topics critical of the government or that make China look bad, the study finds, the country's human censors specifically target posts that could lead to protests or other forms of collective action, leaving ample room for China's web users to criticize its government.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/06/14/new-study-finds-revealing-patterns-in-chinese-internet-censorship/
