We have been monitoring online censorship in China since 2011 via GreatFire.org. In 2012, we launched FreeWeibo where we make available weibos (the equivalent of Twitter’s tweets) that have been censored on Sina Weibo, the most popular microblog in China and the country's biggest single social network. Using a range of sources, we operate the only database of censored Chinese user content anywhere. We currently make available 20 million weibos out of which 235,000 are confirmed to have been censored. We are able to detect high-level censored content in real time. It’s both a demonstration of what an uncensored Chinese Internet could look like, and a practical tool for keeping up to date on what the Chinese authorities don’t want you to know.
We are now considering expanding our offerings beyond China and I am curious in hearing about which countries (and why) the members of this list feel should warrant our initial attention. -- Charlie Smith https://freeweibo.com https://en.greatfire.org/press @CensoredWeibo <https://www.twitter.com/CensoredWeibo> @GreatFireChina <http://www.twitter.com/greatfirechina>
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