Media Censorship in China
China has had a longstanding reign over the media systems of their country. Known to monitor searches and postings through software that may pick up specific collective words or phrases. Websites have been shut down because of the interest or action of those posting, people have been incriminated due to their actions, people have even been imprisoned.
Google, the leader in search engines, has had ongoing battles with China's censorship dealing with what they will or won't allow their people to search for, participate in, or download. China claims to have free speech and press, but with the right to regulate what they see fit that could be dangerous to their government. The terms in which this is set is quite vague, allowing the government to really include anything into that.
Reporters and journalist face endless intimidated in their field, harassment and prison terms for violated these vague regulations. I even read somewhere that governmental agencies will send out weekly updates of their regulations adding more and more tweaks that suppress the freedom of speech and press even further. Overall, China is a very regulatory state for any and all media outlets, afraid that state secrets will be revealed and leaked online and through other media.
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