Chinese firewall challanged during Olympics; Dutch to survey Chinese Vitual Wall;
Released on: April 18, 2008, 6:38 am
Press Release Author: GreatVirtualWallofChina.com
Industry: Internet & Online
Press Release Summary: Today the website \"GreatVitualWallofChina.com\" was launched. China censors its Internet space strictly. Unwanted content and many foreign websites are blocked by the government's firewall.
Press Release Body: Today the website \"GreatVitualWallofChina.com\" was launched. China censors its Internet space strictly. Unwanted content and many foreign websites are blocked by the government's firewall.
The aim of the launched website is to collect hundreds of urls (submitted by Internet users worldwide) which will be surfed to from whitin China. This survey will make visible the extent of the censorship and make a stand for a free and open Internet.
Visitors can buy a brick in the virtual wall and upload their url until August 8. August 8 (Start of Olympics) the website founders will physically travel to China to check every single url from within the country. This results will be made public and blocked websites will be returned an original piece of the wall's source code.
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