Blocked on weibo book

Oct 28, 2014 anyway they dont know chinese, so why bother. Jul 07, 2018 a s of july 7, weve been notified by readers that whats on weibo is no longer accessible from within mainland china. He is a research fellow at the university of torontos citizen lab, an open technology fund. It wasnt the first, but it is by far the largest and most important microblogging site in china. Rather, blocked on weibo shares an affinity with the mission statement of the now defunct tunnel, an underground mainland chinese electronic magazine, which once wrote, instead of indulging in the talk of noble causes and great aspira tions, it is a better idea to quietly and patiently study the details of the technology. Ive mostly finished this project, with a book detailing my findings out in. Cdt independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again.

Blocked on weibo is a book just published by jason q. Other recent topics of research include online reaction to the 2012 party congress in china and antijapanese discourse on sina weibo. Jan 24, 2014 the sfs asian studies program will host jason q. How china has censored words relating to the tiananmen. For twitter, which is blocked in china, despite the fact that it originated in the united states, around 80% of twitter accounts are based outside the united states. Though often described with foreboding buzzwords such as the great. Nov 05, 20 the remarkable result is the book blocked on weibo, which serves as an invaluable guide to sensitive topics in modern day china by offering reasons why the chinese government would find these. Jason q ng lists over one hundred words and phrases that are blocked on chinas most popular social networking site, offering possible explanations as to. The censorship logs viewed by cpj provide insight into the workings of weibos then approximately 150member censorship team. So before we move on to 2014, a look back at five blocked on weibo keywords and posts that i particularly enjoyed uncovering and writing about in the past year. Ng is the author of blocked on weibo, a book about censorship and sensitive topics in chinese social media. The scope of censorship of keywords and images on wechat related to liu xiaobo expanded greatly after his death. Jan 01, 20 this book is more of an essay explaining the cultural, social and historical reasons for blocking certain terms on chinas equivalent of twitter, sina weibo.

The remarkable result is the book blocked on weibo, which serves as an invaluable guide to sensitive topics in modern day china by offering reasons why the. The phrase was blocked on weibo until october 2012, at which point it was unblocked. Googletwitter is blocked in china because they pose a threat to the regime, therefore the government doesnt want them to be accessible to normal people easily. This is a fascinating study with important implications for anyone who is interested in the intellectual and political climate of. The beginning of the book is an essay that is not surprisingly not a scathing critique about suppression, rather just reasoning for the censorship. Blocked on weibo is also an excellent guide to chinas official memory holes historical incidents best left to official interpretation or suppression and forbidden political concepts. This afternoon i received in the mail the following book. This blog started as my way to document the various words that i discovered to be blocked on sina weibo, a popular chinese social media site. Chinese censorship of weibo creates an opportunity. By the time i checked things later in the evening, apparently hacker news had picked it up. How users of chinese twitter sina weibo are beating. The 240 page book was published by new press, the in20 with an isbn 10 of 159558885x. Articles with audio interviews ask the experts newsletters events career. What you need to know before signing up to weibo, the chinese.

Discover if the websites that you use are blocked in china. What gets suppressed on china s version of twitter and why. Additionally its also possible that itself blocks you from loading it. A sina weibo poll later blocked asked users why they thought the train wreckage was buried. Read the latest news about whatsapp, skype, reddit, and many other websites.

Weibo is the largest social media platform in china. Blocked on weibo is interesting for those with any knowledge of china and its internet space, right from beginners to old hands. The book puts much emphasis on the dynamism of term blocking on weibo the largest chinese version of twitter, with an appendix at the back that shows what terms that were blocked when the author did his first research in 2012 and whether the terms were still blocked as the book was going to press. Blocked on weibo book this is a fascinating study with important implications for anyone who is interested in the intellectual and political climate of contemporary china. I post explanations about why certain words are suppressed to get a sense of where the boundaries of chinese censorship and selfcensorship lie. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading blocked on weibo. Jason q ng lists over one hundred words and phrases that are blocked on chinas most popular social networking site, offering possible explanations as to why these terms are deemed so damaging or dangerous by. Why wont the us block baiduweibo like china blocks. The platform has been a huge financial success, with surging stocks, lucrative advertising sales and high revenue and total earnings per quarter. Do not sell my personal information the new yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our affiliate partnerships with retailers. And you just need to sign up and type your email or phone number then done it.

Aug 27, 20 the book puts much emphasis on the dynamism of term blocking on weibo the largest chinese version of twitter, with an appendix at the back that shows what terms that were blocked when the author did his first research in 2012 and whether the terms were still blocked as the book was going to press. You can install app weibo intl on android device or ios device. The 240 page book was published by new press, the in 20 with an isbn 10 of 159558885x. Aug 04, 2015 how users of chinese twitter sina weibo are beating state censorship. Blocked on weibo what gets supressed on chinas version of twitter and why, written by ng, jason q. This book mentions 1 serial killers including zhang yongming.

Now that the censorship messages have returned to weibo. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. What gets suppressed on china s version of twitter and why kindle edition by ng, jason q download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The official weibo community manager announced a 3monthban on online content on april, including that on displays of homosexuality. At the time i was writing my book in 2012, i theorized that the word might be related to religious sensitivity or some other moral issue, but otherwise was quite mystified as to the specific reason for the censorship. Im also a research consultant at china digital times where i develop censorship monitoring tools and do freelance web scraping for various other folks. Jan 28, 2015 one of the major causes of this expansion is the fact that weibo decided to produce various mobile applications for several platforms. I blog about chinese internet censorship at blocked on weibo. Being unable to post to either of the twitteresque weibo services, lee took to actual twitter to say, in chinese, ive been blocked from sina and tencent weibo for three days. Facebook and other foreign internet companies are blocked in china, and facebooks efforts to court china have been rebuffed.

Praise for the blocked on weibo blog that inspired the book. Feb 18, 20 being unable to post to either of the twitteresque weibo services, lee took to actual twitter to say, in chinese, ive been blocked from sina and tencent weibo for three days. How china has censored words relating to the tiananmen square. Sensitive words highlights keywords that are blocked from sina weibo search results. Jun 29, 2018 a sina weibo poll later blocked asked users why they thought the train wreckage was buried. They show how government directives were received, processed, and executed within weibo, and hint at sinas struggle in balancing satisfying the governments censorship demands with maintaining user activity level. What gets suppressed on chinas version of twitter and why, for a discussion on chinas internet regulation policies, and their implications for the countrys 500 million internet users. The requested resource has been assigned a new permanent uri. The remarkable and groundbreaking result is blocked on weibo, which began as a highly praised blog and has been expanded here to list over 150 forbidden keywords, as well as offer possible explanations why the chinese government would find these terms sensitive. A s of july 7, weve been notified by readers that whats on weibo is no longer accessible from within mainland china. After some testing, we have discovered that our site has indeed been blocked from all locations in the prc now. As of 2016, weibo had 3 million monthly active users and 9 million daily active users, many of whom are drawn there by the millions of key opinion leaders in entertainment, sports, and business circles. However, weibo has become synonymous with the largest microblogging site, sina weibo.

In case you didnt know, since 2009 china has blocked thousands of sites. How china has censored words relating to the tiananmen square anniversary. Nostalgia and 2 to the power of 6 are among 64 phrases blocked on weibo in china today. At the time i was writing my book in 2012, i theorized that the. Our analysis of wechat keywordbased censorship shows that after his death messages containing his name in english and in both simplified and traditional chinese are blocked.

In most cases your dsl service provider disables access to. What you need to know before signing up to weibo, the. How to join weibo int without a chinese phone number quora. The result was the groundbreaking and highly praised blocked on weibo blog, expanded now in book form. Sina weibo, the largest microblogging site in china and often called the chinese twitter now has 426 million mau. How users of chinese twitter sina weibo are beating state censorship. How users of chinese twitter sina weibo are beating state. Ng is a research fellow at the university of torontos citizen lab and a research consultant for china digital. The list of blocked websites in china in 2020 latest news. In preparation for a blog post thats going up on waging nonviolence tomorrow about my blocked on weibo project, i posted my site to metafilter projects on saturday morning. What gets suppressed on chinas version of twitter and why the new press. This book is more of an essay explaining the cultural, social and historical reasons for blocking certain terms on chinas equivalent of twitter, sina weibo. Cdt independently tests the keywords before posting them, but.

Feb 26, 2018 sensitive words highlights keywords that are blocked from sina weibo search results. Launched by sina corporation on 14 august 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in china, with over 445 million monthly active users as of q3 2018. Weibo actually is a general term for microblogging literally, tiny blog, representing a whole host of what started as twitterlike clones in china twitter itself is blocked in china. Blocked on weibo is interesting for those with any knowledge of china and its internet space, right. The book puts much emphasis on the dynamism of term blocking on weibo the largest chinese version of twitter, with an appendix at the back that shows what terms that were blocked when the author did his first research in 2012 and whether the terms were still blocked as the book. You must check out blocked on weibo, an amazingly useful and informative blog about whats being blocked in china, and whyandrew mclaughlin, former white house deputy chief technology officer. Im the author of blocked on weibo, a book on chinese social media.