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Casting the Ubiquitous Net of Information Control: Internet Surveillance in China from Golden Shield to Green Dam

Casting the Ubiquitous Net of Information Control: Internet Surveillance in China from Golden Shield to Green Dam

Zixue Tai
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 1937-965X|EISSN: 1937-9668|ISSN: 1937-965X|EISBN13: 9781616929381|EISSN: 1937-9668|DOI: 10.4018/japuc.2010010104
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Tai, Zixue. "Casting the Ubiquitous Net of Information Control: Internet Surveillance in China from Golden Shield to Green Dam." IJAPUC vol.2, no.1 2010: pp.53-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/japuc.2010010104

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Tai, Z. (2010). Casting the Ubiquitous Net of Information Control: Internet Surveillance in China from Golden Shield to Green Dam. International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC), 2(1), 53-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/japuc.2010010104

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Tai, Zixue. "Casting the Ubiquitous Net of Information Control: Internet Surveillance in China from Golden Shield to Green Dam," International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC) 2, no.1: 53-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/japuc.2010010104

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Abstract

Alongside the rise of the Internet as a pivotal economic and cultural force in Chinese society, the Chinese government has implemented a two-tiered strategy in dealing with the great potential and underlying risks associated with the network era. This paper offers a critical, in-depth overview of China’s state-orchestrated Internet surveillance apparatus from the Great Firewall to the latest Green Dam project. The author examines the conceptual and historical evolution of the Golden Shield program and analyzes the legal framework through which official regulation is justified or rationalized. Next, the author examines the prevalent practice of industry self-regulation among both Chinese and foreign companies engaged in online business in China. The paper ends with a discussion of the aborted official effort of extending content control to individual computers with the Green Dam Youth Escort project.

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