The French-based watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres, or RSF) released a report on Wednesday that examines and criticises Chinese government for its censorship of online news and websites.
The report is titled "China: Journey to the heart of Internet censorship" and is a collaborative work between the RSF and Chinese Human Rights Defenders.
The author of the study, a Chinese internet expert and researcher, cites surveillance and propaganda as the principal tools of the Chinese government to control internet content. He prefers to remain anonymous, using the pen name "Mr. Tao".
"Mr. Tao" points to a number of bureaus that play a hand in internet censorship, most of them suppervised by the Information and Public Security Ministries. He goes on to outline their methods of blocking websites, use of intimidation tactics that encourage self-censorship, and prosecution of rebellious users and bloggers.
The publishers hope to raise worldwide awareness of Chinese censorship before the 2008 Olympic Games, to be held in Beijing.
According to the China Internet Network Information Centre, China has about 162 million Internet users.
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View the report here:
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Voyage_au_coeur_de_la_censure_GB.pdf
Or visit the Reporters Without Borders website here:
http://www.rsf.org
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