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Internet Controls Tighten with VPN Shutdown

A popular Chinese virtual private network provider, GreenVPN, has ceased operation after being ordered by authorities to shut down. VPNs are one of the main circumvention tools used by Chinese netizens to bypass the Great Firewall and gain access to censored content and banned overseas websites such as Facebook and Youtube. Christina Larson at Bloomberg reports: GreenVPN sent a notice to customers that it would stop service from July 1 after “receiving a notice from