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Great Firewall of China probes Tor SSL sessions

...anti-censorship technology Tor in late 2011, according to security research. The Great Firewall of China probed Tor bridges, and in October closed down a... Read more

10 January, 2012

Opera goes to China with Oupeng browser launch

...the Weibo social network. As its rendering servers are located behind the Great Firewall of China, it will not serve its users content that has... Read more

11 August, 2011

Home Office sets out plan to block websites

The government is considering plans for the web blocking of certain sites, such as those dedicated to Islamic fundamentalism, on state-funded networks Read more

8 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Europe-wide firewall mooted in Council of the EU

...its plans. “They only have to look at how porous the Great Firewall of China is — something that has been created and honed... Read more

29 April, 2011

Google search feature faces China block

...page to track which Google services can be accessed from inside the 'Great Firewall of China' and which have been blocked. On Wednesday, China began... Read more

1 July, 2010 by Tom Krazit

Academic breaks the Great Firewall of China

...from the University of Cambridge claim not only to have breached the Great Firewall of China, but have found a way to use the firewall... Read more

3 July, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Web error redirects traffic to Chinese sites

...sites instead to servers in China. This effectively sent people behind the 'Great Firewall of China', a strictly controlled network of servers and routers the... Read more

26 March, 2010 by Elinor Mills

China blocking some Google search results

...being blocked by the firewall," said a Google spokesperson, referring to the 'Great Firewall of China', the popular nickname for Golden Shield. On Monday, Google... Read more

23 March, 2010 by Tom Espiner

China web clampdown ahead of anniversary

...and web surfing — said in a blog post on Sunday that the Great Firewall of China, which is operated by the Ministry of Public Security... Read more

1 October, 2009 by Tom Espiner

China will censor text messages

...of Web sites is blocked by what has become known as the "Great Firewall of China". Users complain of very slow Internet connections as all... Read more

22 July, 2003 by Staff

Silence no option on Chinese censorship

China is tightening state control of the Internet - an idea dangerously easy to export. We cannot ignore the consequences Read more

28 September, 2005 by Leader

Software tunnels through great Firewall of China

The Voice of America will be heard in China if a US government agency's initiative to promote anti-censorship software succeeds in getting into the country, where Internet access is often restricted Read more

16 April, 2003 by Paul Festa

Leader: Google astride the Great Firewall of China

Where business and ethics fail to meet... Read more

25 January, 2006 by silicon.com staff

Opera censors Chinese content

...Mini had run on Opera servers located outside the country, bypassing the Great Firewall of China, the BBC added. Opera joins other search companies in... Read more

25 November, 2009

Google's censorship struggles continue in China

...determining how to self-censor its search results — pinging the so-called Great Firewall of China to see what sites are blocked — in favour of... Read more

17 June, 2009 by Tom Krazit

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