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.

More information:

Website: GreatVirtualWallofChina.com
Email: info@GreatVirtualWallofChina.com

Web Site: http://www.GreatVirtualWallofChina.com

Contact Details: Website: GreatVirtualWallofChina.com
Email: info@GreatVirtualWallofChina.com

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