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China's Great Firewall Back Up

Censorship, relaxed during Olympics, on rise again as economy slows

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Dec 16, 2008 3:43 PM CST

(Newser) – China has quietly reinstated the web censorship lifted during its Olympics image cleanup, the New York Times reports today. As in the past, the tightening comes as growing unemployment raises the government’s fears of social unrest. The government defended its right to censor sites... Read full story »

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