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В кластер включаются документы о методах государственной интернет-цензуры в Китае и способах её обхода, но не об общем устройстве интернета или цензуре в других странах.
Общие признаки: Великий китайский файрвол, блокировка веб-сайтов, государственная цензура, события на площади Тяньаньмэнь
Группа выше: Китай: файрвол и социальный кредит
Смысл: The text explains that the Chinese government blocked major Western websites and social networks to prevent the spread of information and coordination regarding the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Chinese authorities blocked various Western websites and social media platforms to suppress online activity ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square events.
Смысл: The main idea is that Chinese website owners used a coordinated 'fake maintenance' window as a silent protest to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre, bypassing strict government censorship by avoiding explicit mentions of the event.
Around 350 Chinese websites pretended to be under repair from June 3-6 to silently protest the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and evade censorship.
Смысл: The main idea is that state-sponsored internet censorship in China extends to the physical intimidation of developers, forcing them to delete tools that enable citizens to bypass the Great Firewall, although the open-source nature of the software makes such censorship ultimately ineffective.
Chinese police forced the creator of Shadowsocks and ShadowVPN to delete his code from GitHub to prevent citizens from bypassing the Great Firewall.