Thursday, June 30, 2011

China is already blocking Google +

China not liking the great Google Spy networks new social network Google+.

I can't blame them, I don't like social Networks either.

But as Ironic as it is, China the biggest spy country does not want the biggest spy network in its internet.



International Business Times

Just a day after its limited release,China swiftly decided to block Google + , highlighting once again the country's strict censorship practices.

China swiftly decided to block Social media such as Facebook and Twitter have been increasingly used in the last few years to denounce authoritarian regimes and their repression of the population. Egyptians and Tunisians organized their protests using Facebook and Twitter, driving crowds into the streets and ultimately wrestling power from entrenched dictators. In Libya, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain too, among others, social media has been instrumental in orchestrating political uprisings and denouncing the use of violence by the security forces.

Fearing the consequences of allowing the new social media to be widely used, the Chinese communist regime has banned citizens from accessing Google's fledgling social network, Google+, according to watchdog sites JustPing and Greatfirewallofchina.org.

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