http://www.digiactive.org/2009/06/05/discussion-what-if-tiananmen-square-happened-today/ A World of Digital Activists Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:02:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.digiactive.org/2009/06/05/discussion-what-if-tiananmen-square-happened-today/comment-page-1/#comment-31994 Hondurans get online despite gov’t media ban « Global Wire Associates Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:53:03 +0000 http://www.digiactive.org/?p=1586#comment-31994 [...] political crisis, which has yet again outraged the international community. Just in the last month, China and Iran have made all efforts to create media blackouts in their respective countries. Digital [...] [...] political crisis, which has yet again outraged the international community. Just in the last month, China and Iran have made all efforts to create media blackouts in their respective countries. Digital [...]

]]> http://www.digiactive.org/2009/06/05/discussion-what-if-tiananmen-square-happened-today/comment-page-1/#comment-26168 Gaurav Mishra Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:10:09 +0000 http://www.digiactive.org/?p=1586#comment-26168 @Talia: Xavier's comment is really interesting, but I'll be surprised if tax revenues is the reason China blocks international websites. Local websites have their assets, including servers, within China and are easier to control and coerce than their international counterparts. @Talia: Xavier’s comment is really interesting, but I’ll be surprised if tax revenues is the reason China blocks international websites. Local websites have their assets, including servers, within China and are easier to control and coerce than their international counterparts.

]]> http://www.digiactive.org/2009/06/05/discussion-what-if-tiananmen-square-happened-today/comment-page-1/#comment-26159 Mary Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:53:11 +0000 http://www.digiactive.org/?p=1586#comment-26159 Really like this post, Talia, particularly the quote from Xavier Lur that shows the economic implications of Chinese substitutes for freer online platforms. For more info on Tianmen blockages, see Rebecca MacKinnon's post here: http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2009/06/china-blocks-twitter-flickr-bing-hotmail-windows-live-etc-ahead-of-tiananmen-20th-anniversary.html Really like this post, Talia, particularly the quote from Xavier Lur that shows the economic implications of Chinese substitutes for freer online platforms. For more info on Tianmen blockages, see Rebecca MacKinnon’s post here: http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2009/06/china-blocks-twitter-flickr-bing-hotmail-windows-live-etc-ahead-of-tiananmen-20th-anniversary.html

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