{"id":37057,"date":"2009-04-08T11:37:38","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=37057"},"modified":"2009-04-08T11:37:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T18:37:38","slug":"cyber-skirmish-at-the-top-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/04\/cyber-skirmish-at-the-top-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber-skirmish at the Top of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/China\/KD08Ad01.html\">A report in Asia Times<\/a> looks at efforts by Beijing to control Internet access in Tibetan areas:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nEfforts in the sensitive Tibetan regions of China are more direct and draconian, especially in the context of heightened tensions following the unrest in March 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Landline, cell and Internet services in Tibetan areas were interrupted during the period of unrest. When the Chinese government became aware that Tibetan dissidents were using the video-sharing website YouTube as a text-free method to communicate, <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/03\/why-chinas-block-on-youtube-is-backfiring\/\">it shut it down<\/a>. When image-sharing website Flickr emerged as a potential source of visual information, it was blocked. Tibetan radio broadcasts by Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Voice of Tibet were jammed. A campaign against satellite dishes was intensified to limit the audience of VOA&#8217;s direct-to-dish Tibet TV service. In order to cut off cell-phone based talk, text, and images, China reportedly limited service and tore down cell phone towers.<\/p>\n<p>When confronting in cyberspace supporters of Tibetan dissidents located outside of China, the Chinese government is apparently abetted by a group of hackers, acting either pro bono or with government encouragement. 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