Mar

15

YouTube Blocked in China Again

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Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com on Mar 15 after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the popular online video Web site.

This is not the first time that Chinese authorities blocks YouTube. In October 18, 2007, YouTube is also blocked temporarily, two week later YouTub became available again in China, but now YouTube blocked again.

YouTube Blocked in China Again

The current block is actually a bit more restrictive than the other block, since any mention of the string “www.youtube.com” in any URL seems to be blocked.For example: http://www.google.com/search?q=www.youtube.com (if you are out of China, you should use http://www.google.cn/search?q=www.youtube.com) will not go through, and will get you a “Connection reset” error.

YouTube Blocked in China Again

China has blocked access to YouTube in an apparent attempt to stop the spread of video footage related the rioting going on in several cities in Tibet. There were no protest scenes posted on China-based video Web sites such as 56.com, youku.com and tudou.com. The only protest scenes video is on CCTV’s website. Chinese media and international media have shown footage of buildings burning and crowds damaging store-fronts.

China has at least 210 million Internet users, according to the government, and is expected to overtake the United States soon to have the biggest population of Web surfers.

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2 Responses to “YouTube Blocked in China Again”

  1. Youtube Unblocked in China - Moonlight Blog on March 22nd, 2008 6:43 am

    [...] YouTube Blocked in China Again [...]

  2. hqso on April 8th, 2008 2:41 am

    now youtube is unlocked !
    just a little slower !