Great Firewall of China
Subtitle: How to Build and Control an Alternate Vision of the Internet
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781786995353
Subjects: Internet, political aspects; Internet, government policy; Freedom of speech; Censorship; China, politics and government, 1976-
Description: "Once little more than a glorified porn filter, China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. But the effects of the Great Firewall are not confined to China itself. Through years of investigation James Griffiths gained unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. As distortion, post-truth and fake news become old news James Griffiths shows just how far the Great Firewall has spread. Now is the time for a radical new vision of online liberty"--Publisher's website