[governance] FW: [IP] China Blocks Chinese Word for 'Egypt'

[Bertrand de La Chapelle]

Interesting that searches are prevented in chinese and allowed in english.

Another illustration of the emergence of "script plaques" (scripts are types
of writing, for instance roman, cyrillic, chines, arabic ....), like the
geographic tectonic plaques. Script communities are not exclusively related
to physical territories, because of diasporas.

In this case, someone in the US using chinese-based (the language) services
with servers in China would not have access to searches about Egypt, but
someone in China using a search in english would.

The geography of cyberspace is structured in a way that is different from
the physical territorial space, incorporating it, but not only.

B.


On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:

> Speaking of firewalls...and Egypt:
> ________________________________________
> From: Dave Farber [dave at farber.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 3:25 PM
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> Subject: [IP] China Blocks Chinese Word for 'Egypt'
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> From: Sam™ <samwaltz.groups at gmail.com<mailto:samwaltz.groups at gmail.com>>
> Date: January 30, 2011 3:12:14 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber IP <dave at farber.net<mailto:dave at farber.net>>
> Subject: China Blocks Chinese Word for 'Egypt'
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> This might be of interest to the list. It's interesting to see how the
> fragmentation of the net continues. Imagine not being able to search for
> current events in Mexico, Europe, or elsewhere.
>
> Sam Waltz
>
>
> <
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/218185/china_microblogs_block_chinese_word_for_egypt.html
> >
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/218185/china_microblogs_block_chinese_word_for_egypt.html
>
> China's microblogs have blocked searches for the word "Egypt," a sign that
> the Chinese government is trying to limit public knowledge of the political
> unrest occurring in the Middle East. The blocking appeared to begin over the
> weekend on the Chinese Twitter-like services operated by Sina, Tencent and
> Sohu. Queries using the Chinese word for "Egypt" brought no results. "In
> accordance with the relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search
> result did not display," said the response on the Sina microblogging site.
> The English word for "Egypt," however, is still searchable across the sites.
>
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