Tight and Organized Chinese Policy On Internet Censorship

This age of Internet technology only displays how much freedom of media and expression we are now indulging. Now that the Internet can be accessed by almost anyone in almost every segment of the globe, there is much availability of valued information, may it be news, studies, references, or opinion. However, such level of Internet redemption lasts as a dream for the people in China.

The Chinese government implements the most tight and most organized Internet censorship system across the globe. In spite of the free market of ideas and information online which is very accessible in almost every country, there are just some, or probably several, things that the Chinese government considers illegal, even online. Online users in China are strictly restricted from accessing information or participating in discussions that pertain to pornography, religion, anti-Communism, Taiwanese redemption, and the massacre on Tiananmen Square. The Chinese government is able to penetrate web sites, web logs, message boards, school bulletin boards, and even e-mail correspondence, and shut any 'restricted' information or discussion. Even search engine services shut certain keywords and search results that pertain to topics that the government restricts. Internet cafes are obliged by government to oversee the web pages that their customers surf and gather these details on a file to be submitted every 60 days.