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I think the main reason that Western Social Networks are blocked in China is, to give Chinese web companies time to grow a Chinese rip-off version of the Wester
by yaix 15y ago
I think the main reason that Western Social Networks are blocked in China is, to give Chinese web companies time to grow a Chinese rip-off version of the Western site. Looking forward to "百度圆圈" (Baidu Yuanquan) or Sina加一 or similar.
In Google's case its probably also to get back at them for having said the truth too many times.
- galuggus 15y agovery true. Tumblr isn't blocked recently two clones launched (diandian and one from sina) I'm sure it will be blocked soon
- trotsky 15y agoWhile I don't doubt that blocking competition is a happy incidental, the timing of when facebook and twitter were initially blocked makes it clear what the primary purpose was. July 2009, just after the big Iranian election demonstrations that were fueled at least in part by social networks, and immediately following domestic upheaval at the Ürümqi riots. And while I realize this isn't a popular idea among western tech populations, one should realize how much of an opportunity there is for foreign intelligence services [1] to play agent provacateur on these networks when they're controlled by "the home team". [1] Solicitation for Persona Management Software by USAF (also solicited by SOCOM, etc.): http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/personamanagementcontract.pdf http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/person...