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Check This crazy stuff "The Chinese government is blocking access to instagram and thousands of other sites"
The "Great Firewall of China" is blocking The Atlantic, HSBC, Sony Mobile websitesamong many others in the lead up to World Internet Conference in WuzhenThe Chinese government is blocking access to thousands of sites and cloud services in the lead up to tech industry conference, reported theSouth China Morning Poston Tuesday.Already trigger happy when it came toblocking websitesit didn't agree with, the state Internet censor has blocked sites and cloud services as disparate as Sony Mobile, retail bank HSBC and The Atlantic.No reasons were given why these sites had fallen foul of the Internet censor and have been pushed outside of the notorious "GreatFirewall of China," although the HSBC website is said to give users a backdoor access to banned site Youtube.Read moreBBC Website Blocked in ChinaMedia speculation suggests that the blackouts are, ironically, in preparation for the World Internet Conference in the small provincial city ofWuzhen. The first of it's kind to be held in China, the conference will be held from Wednesday to Friday, and will focus on issues such as cyber security, international e-commerce and online anti-terrorism initiatives.Chinese state mediasaid that up to 1000 people from around the world will attend.Bloombergis reporting that leaders from local Internet giants, including Alibaba and Tencent, will be in attendance along with executives from LinkedIn, SoftBank and other global tech companies.Although the rest of China will suffer Internet blackouts to various sites and services, conference attendees will have unfettered access for three days to banned websites like Facebook and Twitter.Read moreInstagram Blocked in China as Pro-Democracy Protests Continue in Hong Kong
Wow isn't this crazy!!!!!!!!!
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