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Facebook Blocked Again In China ( 7th July 09 )
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by adnanjabbar | July 7, 2009 at 06:34 am
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Facebook is experiencing a block from Chinese Govt. Right now we are not able to access facebook in the Liaoning Provience, China. Reciving a messages of error. It is expected that the facebook is shutdowned due to video postage & topic discussions about Urumqi Riots.
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at 06:50 on July 7th, 2009
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at 06:56 on July 7th, 2009
I can not believe it. China says they are not scared of the interent, then why block it?
at 16:56 on July 8th, 2009
of course they are not afraid of internet, simply because they can block whatever they want !!! LOL...
at 06:59 on July 7th, 2009
I can not believe it. China says they are not afraid of the internet, then why block it?
at 07:03 on July 7th, 2009
It is not acceptable
at 10:49 on July 7th, 2009
Yeah, the situation is the same here in Beijing.
at 14:11 on July 7th, 2009
that communists idiots think they r control anything, but VPN just laughing at them, morons
at 17:58 on July 7th, 2009
THIS IS HORRIBLE!!! They have blocked off most parts of China and wouldn't this cause more talk and more info about the riot?
Few weeks ago, they blocked off Google = Gmail! I use Gmail for work and it definitely caused much problems.
How much content can they stop from leaking around? Why won't they just cut off internet access in China?!?!! this is ridiculous..
at 06:11 on July 8th, 2009
This is stupid! I can not access my facebook! some guys got to solve this immediately!
Stupid and unbelievable
at 03:31 on July 9th, 2009
pls solve this problem...y not just cut off the internet n dont let the china ppl travel out from china...stupid ,idiot n ridiculous....the is no law tat stop us from viewing facebok n youtube....no freedom at all
at 19:13 on July 12th, 2009
of course this is stupid, hands down. but the chinese govt obviously has the right to keep us from using this stuff, so there IS a law, and as long as you are in this country you can think about their laws what ever you want but still have to live by them...
of course there is no freedom at all but that was clear years before facebook was even invented, so yeah it is ridiculous, but remember the things the government does and accepts which are far worse than just blocking some homepages.
don't get me wrong, i use facebook myself to contact my folks at home, but i think there are bigger problems going on in china than that. and we still can get information about whats going on...
at 23:42 on July 11th, 2009
this is retarded, i actually have to use email to talk to my friends, since i'm stuck in china on vacay. i've never seen a government that denies doing something that's obvious they did.
at 17:00 on July 12th, 2009
This is a real shame, what a great country to live in...(i am truley in love with the culture and the people here) but the control of the government on certain things such as the media and internet has got me scratching my head.
If china wants to advance and continue to grow it needs to open its doors. It grew rapidly when it opened its doors to foreign investment ...and in my view the next step is to open up the media and allow views and opinions to run free. Blocking facebook and twitter will not help resolve the problem in Xinjiang (which to be honest appears to be a problem which arised from chinas tight control and manipulation of this province to dilute the minority group) as people will always find other ways of spreading the conflict. Anyway isnt the conflict resolved and now under control.... so can we not have facebook back now please?
The main point is that blocking a website that allows people to speak freely only iritates those living there and using a situation such as the riots in Xinjiang is only an excuse for the country to yet have greater control the gateway of information. I can only hope that in the next few weeks facebook will be returned beacause im screwed without it, mainly because i need it to organise my life back home on my return.
at 20:54 on July 13th, 2009
just back from 2 weeks in HK, spoiled me. FB still blocked in Shanghai July 14, 2009. Best of luck to the freedom fighters. Hope you are ready for a long struggle a lá the Vietnamese model. Will be even worse considering that you have oil and the Chinese are not going to give that up easily. And there are quite a few settler Han Chinese in Eastern Turkistan. Good luck guys.
at 08:34 on July 18th, 2009
if the govt think that to shut down the facebook will solve the problem
they are stupid ,don't know why the govt always do these mindedness thing to block the people to know the trues
many thing you want to cover it but it will be more limpid
at 15:39 on July 19th, 2009
Well, this is not something very new in China, first block the Youtube and now Facebook. Googgle also been blocked couple of year ago. They still need more time to grow and be mature .......
at 20:26 on July 21st, 2009
1) Any foreigners on this forum are in China as guests. Media censorship and human rights issues have been documented for Chinese for decades. It is how it is, and that won't change over night. If you don't like it, you know what to do....
2) I use facebook regularly, and yes, its an inconvenience being blocked, but its not the end of the world. People communicated with friends, family and work before in invention and release of media like Facebook. Send emails, use the telephone.... There's many ways...
3) The Chinese government are only looking after the interests of their nation. If freedom of speech was possible here, do you think it would be possible to retain control and relative peace in a nation with 1.3 billion people, many who are relatively uneducated and easily led?!. Now that would be chaos! Although cynics may believe that the government just want to control the nation, maybe they should open their eyes a little, and realise that the government are also trying to keep relative peace and keep their nation growing.
Many of us who have been here for many years will instantly recognise the change in the last decade, for the better, and the significant increase in quality of life for many (but not all) citizens. Internet and email is also much much more available now than several years ago....
at 03:59 on July 23rd, 2009
use proxy can bypass it, i use http://freeonlineproxy.info to visit FB