February 2012
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Feb 24th
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Coded and categorized: analyzing a sample of 219...
Back in December, after I’d completed searching through half of my 700,000 word list, I decided to look more closely at what kind of words were being blocked. I used the 218 two- and three-character words that I’d uncovered at the time to be blocked (only 2 one-character word are blocked: 屄, cunt / bī; and ҉, a Cyrillic character that is associated with backwards or bi-directional...
Feb 24th
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The Wang Lijun Incident on Sina Weibo →
Just a flabbergasting story. China Digital Times’ coverage of how Weibo is handling the Wang Lijun attempted asylum case.
Feb 15th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Finished...
Hi all, I finished my search of 700,000 terms a couple weeks ago and I’ve started analyzing the data. Look for more regular posts in the coming weeks. In light of Twitter’s recent announcement that it may allow censorship as it intends to more aggressively expand overseas and Weibo’s much-debated push for real-name registration on the site (and the backlash), I’ll be...
Feb 3rd
January 2012
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Jan 30th
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Wikipedia search results log - Part 2
Search begun on 2011-11-08 01:39:49 UTC and completed 2011-11-11 17:57:42 UTC. Search result of -1 or -10 indicates the term was found to be blocked.
Nov 13th
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Wikipedia Search Results Log - Part 1
Search begun on November 2, 2011 and completed November 6, 2011. Search result of -1 indicates the term was found to be blocked.
Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 9th
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Wen Yunchao: An Open Letter to the Investors of... →
Dear Investors of Sina Corp, We issue this open letter because Chinese Internet company Sina and its microblogging service, Sina Weibo, fully cooperate with the Chinese government to censor and suppress the free speech of online citizens, without regard to any principle. Their behavior is disgusting. The blog “Kenengba”, which received the Best Chinese Blog award in the 6th ...
Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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