{"id":15749,"date":"2024-09-01T23:37:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T21:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/01\/how-chinas-internet-police-went-from-targeting-bloggers-to-their-followers\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T23:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T21:37:59","slug":"how-chinas-internet-police-went-from-targeting-bloggers-to-their-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/01\/how-chinas-internet-police-went-from-targeting-bloggers-to-their-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"How China\u2019s internet police went from targeting bloggers to their followers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent months, followers of influential liberal bloggers have been interviewed by police as China widens its net of online surveillance <\/p>\n

Late last year, Duan*, a university student in China, used a virtual private network to jump over China\u2019s great firewall of internet censorship and download social media platform Discord.<\/p>\n

Overnight he entered a community in which thousands of members with diverse views debated political ideas and staged mock elections. People could join the chat to discuss ideas such as democracy, anarchism and communism. \u201cAfter all, it\u2019s hard for us to do politics in reality, so we have to do it in a group chat,\u201d Yang Minghao, a popular vlogger, said in a video on YouTube.<\/p>\n

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\nIn recent months, followers of influential liberal bloggers have been interviewed by police as China widens its net of online surveillance
\nLate last year, Duan*, a university student in China, used a virtual private network to jump over China\u2019s great firewall of internet censorship and download social media platform Discord.
\nOvernight he entered a community in which thousands of members with diverse views debated political ideas and staged mock elections. People could join the chat to discuss ideas such as democracy, anarchism and communism. \u201cAfter all, it\u2019s hard for us to do politics in reality, so we have to do it in a group chat,\u201d Yang Minghao, a popular vlogger, said in a video on YouTube. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent months, followers of influential liberal bloggers have been interviewed by police as China widens its net of online surveillance Late last year, Duan*, a university student in China, used a virtual private network to jump over China\u2019s great firewall of internet censorship and download social media platform Discord. Overnight he entered a community …<\/p>\n

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