The Chinese government is dealing seriously with the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and sometimes continues the “zero corona policy” which also locks the city for a certain period of time. However , at the time of writing the article, people were dissatisfied with the zero corona policyOn a large scalenoprotest activityohwake upThe New York Times reported from foreign media that China’s censorship system has fallen into a state where it cannot be handled well because ordinary people have posted a large number of protest videos every day.
Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits – New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/business/china-protests-censorship-video.html
Twitter Becomes Platform for China Protests Despite Beijing Ban – WSJ
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Chinese users play cat-and-mouse with censors amid protests | AP News
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In November 2022, an apartment house fire killed 10 people in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, prompting growing concerns that locks may have delayed escapes.developed into a protestHe did. Also, in Zhengzhou, at the Foxconn factory that produces iPhones, workers were forced to work in a lockout period that was close to slavery, and bonuses were delayed.There was a large scale protest demonstrationHe did.
He pointed out that the Foxconn workers riot in Zhengzhou, China was caused by the zero corona policy-GIGAZINE
Speaking of China, it is known for its strict Internet censorship, and in addition to not being able to access foreign SNS such as Facebook and Twitter, and video posting sites such as YouTube, videos opposing the government are delete immediately. Of course, videos of these protest demonstrations were also censored and deleted by the authorities, but nevertheless, several videos of the protests were seen for a while on WeChat.
“I was constantly refreshing my screen, saving videos, and taking as many screenshots as I could before they were censored,” said Elliott Wang, a Beijing resident who gave an interview to the Associated Press under pseudonym A friend shared a video of the protests in Shanghai, and I shared it too, but it was quickly deleted. “
As for why WeChat is flooded with anti-government videos, experts say that so many Chinese have taken to the streets to film protest videos and the large number of videos posted has led to automated censorship systems, I believe that it overwhelmed the moderates and the human. moderators.
“When anger floods the streets of a city, it becomes much harder to censor,” said Xiao Qiang, who studies internet freedom at the University of California, Berkeley. Even the same demo, with videos shot by hundreds of participants from different angles, makes it very difficult for screening and censoring algorithms.
In addition, Chinese Internet users are confusing the censorship system by using filters, recording screens of videos played on the app, and sharing multiple videos together. Furthermore, protesters seem to display their creativity, such as holding “blank paper” with nothing written on it to avoid censorship.
“Blank paper” is used to avoid censorship in large-scale protests in China, and is Apple’s AirDrop restriction limited to China-GIGAZINE
Of course, although it will take time, the Chinese authorities may eventually remove the video, but videos of demonstrations and protests that took place in China are originally posted on Twitter and other websites that cannot be accessed from within China is increasing. With over 700,000 followersTeacher Lee is not your teacher (Mr. Lee is not your teacher)‘ is operated by a Chinese person who lives outside of China, and posts screenshots, photos, videos, etc. sent to a DM from China.
Content posted on Twitter is not removed by the Chinese authorities, so it remains on the internet by being posted by Master Li. As a result, even if a particular photo or video is deleted in China, if you access Twitter using a VPN, you can download the content again and repost it domestically.
Chinese authorities are said to be taking countermeasures such as freezing the account by reporting the Twitter account posting such protest content as a violation of Twitter’s reporting system. Visiting researcher at Meiji UniversityPan Jiawei“This will definitely be a test for Elon Musk and Twitter on how they protect users from being hacked by authoritarian regimes,” he said.
The Wall Street Journal contacted Twitter about an account that had been frozen after retweeting content related to the protests, but reported that the account was revived shortly after, although there was no response.
In addition, the Chinese authorities were reported to be manipulating information to make it difficult to find content related to a demonstration by running a large number of pornographic advertisements containing the names of Chinese cities in order to divert foreign attention from domestic protests. here.
China’s pornographic ads exploded on Twitter, aimed at hiding large-scale protest demonstrations from foreign eyes – GIGAZINE
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