China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
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China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
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Re: China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
#2Just now? I thought all news sites that they can't control are already blocked in some way. Some are keywords-triggered instead of fully blocked though.
There are always ways to "unblock" blocked websites. HTTPS (for anti-keyword-filtering), SSH Tunnels, VPNs, Proxies, Tor, they all had their presence in Chinese Internet history. And then the government are always able to either block or weaken methods that unblock blocked websites. It's an endless battle between the officials and citizens, or between dictatorship and freedom of speech.
I'm getting really bored. Here in HN, I'd love to see some technical article behind GFW[0] instead of yet another piece of news of some site blocked by it.
Re: China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
#3Not surprisingly so the Guardian is the only newspaper in the western world that might wanna tell you the truth as is, and even take a shot or two while doing it.
Re: China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
#4Just now? I thought all news sites that they can't control are already blocked in some way. Some are keywords-triggered instead of fully blocked though. There are always ways to "unblock" blocked websites. HTTPS (for anti-keyword-filtering), SSH Tunnels, VPNs, Proxies, Tor, they all had their presence in Chinese Internet history. And then the government are always able to either block or weaken methods that unblock b…
The Golden Shield Project has nothing to do with the GFW. The whole Wikipedia article is a misnomer.
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#5and the Chinese government confiscated electronics equipment including the mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles from Glenn Greenwald's partner...
Got it. No wonder.
Re: China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
#6Not surprisingly so the Guardian is the only newspaper in the western world that might wanna tell you the truth as is, and even take a shot or two while doing it.
Nonsense. ALL newspapers, TV channels, websites have an agenda. ALL of them. If you think that your pet one hasn't, then you are in an echo chamber without realizing it, time to take a step back and reevaluate the situation.
Best thing is to read two equal-but-opposite new sources. I like The Times for my right-wing slant and the New York Times for my left-wing, that way I get a balanced picture. You might prefer the Guardian and the Daily Mail. But read both and make up your own mind.
Re: China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
#7Not surprisingly so the Guardian is the only newspaper in the western world that might wanna tell you the truth as is, and even take a shot or two while doing it.
Nonsense. ALL newspapers, TV channels, websites have an agenda. ALL of them. If you think that your pet one hasn't, then you are in an echo chamber without realizing it, time to take a step back and reevaluate the situation. Best thing is to read two equal-but-opposite new sources. I like The Times for my right-wing slant and the New York Times for my left-wing, that way I get a balanced picture. You might prefer the…
> ALL newspapers, TV channels, websites have an agenda. ALL of them.
How does that preclude a particular agenda from being to seek and tell the truth? Not commenting on the Guardian as much as on basic logic.
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#8Just now? I thought all news sites that they can't control are already blocked in some way. Some are keywords-triggered instead of fully blocked though. There are always ways to "unblock" blocked websites. HTTPS (for anti-keyword-filtering), SSH Tunnels, VPNs, Proxies, Tor, they all had their presence in Chinese Internet history. And then the government are always able to either block or weaken methods that unblock b…
I wrote a 15 page essay on this for school. Maybe I'll turn it into a blog post.
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#9Not surprisingly so the Guardian is the only newspaper in the western world that might wanna tell you the truth as is, and even take a shot or two while doing it.
The Guardian are the least bad but they still need their articles dismantling carefully.
Always use multiple sources. Also always make sure that at least 50% of those sources aren't Associated Press who feed into a lot of different papers.
Re: China blocks the Guardian, censorship-tracking website says
#10Not surprisingly so the Guardian is the only newspaper in the western world that might wanna tell you the truth as is, and even take a shot or two while doing it.
Nonsense. ALL newspapers, TV channels, websites have an agenda. ALL of them. If you think that your pet one hasn't, then you are in an echo chamber without realizing it, time to take a step back and reevaluate the situation. Best thing is to read two equal-but-opposite new sources. I like The Times for my right-wing slant and the New York Times for my left-wing, that way I get a balanced picture. You might prefer the…
"Best thing is to read two equal-but-opposite news sources. I like The Times for my right-wing slant and the New York Times for my slightly less right-wing slant, that way I understand what both sides of the American establishment want me to think."
There, I fixed it for you.