{"id":132092,"date":"2012-02-25T20:58:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T03:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=132092"},"modified":"2012-02-25T22:19:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T05:19:03","slug":"google-accessible-in-china-netizens-inundate-obamas-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/02\/google-accessible-in-china-netizens-inundate-obamas-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizens Occupy Obama’s Google+ Page"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a strange twist in the ongoing battle between Chinese Internet users and the Great Firewall, Google+ has suddenly and inexplicably been accessible inside China. With their newfound freedom, netizens have decided to “occupy” President Obama’s Google+ page by posting numerous comments<\/strong><\/a>, written in Chinese, on a range of topics. From BBC:<\/p>\n Since Google+ was launched in 2011, software known informally as the Great Firewall had appeared to block it within China.<\/p>\n But on 20 February 2012 internet-users in many parts of China found they could gain access to the site – prompting some to suggest occupying it, in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Occupy Wall Street campaign.<\/p>\n On 24 and 25 February, to the consternation of American readers, every current topic on President Obama’s 2012 election campaign page attracted hundreds of comments, apparently from China.<\/p>\n Their exact provenance cannot be verified, but the expressions contributors used were in the style of mainland China and in simplified Chinese. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n