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Censorship

China cracks down online amid US free speech row

September 24, 2025September 23, 2025 by China Factor Staff

Beijing tightens its censorship grip as Washington goes to war with Europe on freedom of expression

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing Crackdown, Censorship, China, Free Speech, News, United States Leave a comment

Data breach exposes global risks of the Great Firewall

September 19, 2025September 18, 2025 by China Factor Staff

Reports of a ‘leak’ have ‘shown that Chinese censorship is no longer just a national project’

Categories Talking Point Tags Censorship, China, Global Security Risks, News, Repressive Regimes Leave a comment

China and Russia collaborate on internet censorship

April 21, 2023April 20, 2023 by Liam Scott

Leaked documents reveal the depth of cooperation between Beijing and Moscow to silence critics and push propaganda

Categories Online Control Tags Censorship, China, News, Online Crackdown, Propaganda, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Russia, Voice of America Leave a comment

China’s chatbots will have to toe the Party line

April 3, 2023March 29, 2023 by Fan Yang

Baidu’s ERNIE Bot will not be a substitute for ChatGPT – but that might be how the Chinese state wants it

Categories Big Tech Tags Baidu, Censorship, ChatGPT, Communist Party of China, News, Surveillance State, Tencent, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

China used Covid-19 crisis to silence its political critics

July 30, 2021July 27, 2021 by Tao Zhang

The fate of Chinese activists that question Communist Party rule demonstrates Xi’s authoritarian regime

Categories Analysis Tags Censorship, Communist Party of China, Covid-19 Crisis, Dissent, President Xi Jinping, Republican Beliefs, The Conversation, The Long Read, Wuhan Leave a comment

China’s Great Firewall crushes Clubhouse and ‘free speech’ debate

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 by China Factor Staff
The image shows a Chinese flag imposed on a brick wall to illustrate China’s Great Firewall. Clubhouse managed to breach the censors before the audio app was closed down.

The US app has been blocked by Chinese censors after chatrooms discussed highly-sensitive issues

Categories Cyber Row Tags Censorship, China, Clubhouse, Great Firewall, Hong Kong, News, Tiawan, Xinjiang Detention Camps Leave a comment

President Xi builds up the Great Firewall to strangle domestic dissent

December 29, 2020October 27, 2020 by Juweihu
The image shows a Chinese flag imposed on a brick wall to illustrate China’s Great Firewall. Clubhouse managed to breach the censors before the audio app was closed down.

Latest move by the Cyberspace Administration highlights the ‘repressive’ nature of China’s ‘authoritarian’ regime

Categories Cyber Conflict Tags Censorship, China, Digital Landscape, Freedom of the Net, United States Leave a comment

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