Great Firewall
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The Great Firewall is China’s extensive system of internet censorship and surveillance that controls and filters online information accessible within the country.
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internet censorship system
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surveillance system ⓘ |
| affects | internet access in mainland China ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
GFW
NERFINISHED
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Great Firewall of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blocks |
Facebook
NERFINISHED
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Google NERFINISHED ⓘ Instagram NERFINISHED ⓘ Twitter NERFINISHED ⓘ Wikipedia (in Chinese mainland) NERFINISHED ⓘ YouTube NERFINISHED ⓘ many foreign news websites ⓘ many human-rights related websites ⓘ many privacy and circumvention tools websites ⓘ |
| circumventedBy |
Tor
NERFINISHED
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proxy servers ⓘ virtual private networks (VPNs) ⓘ |
| counterMeasures |
blocking many VPN protocols
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detecting and disrupting circumvention tools ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
enabling mass surveillance
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limiting access to information ⓘ restricting freedom of expression ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo |
Hong Kong (historically, to a large extent)
NERFINISHED
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Macau (historically, to a large extent) ⓘ |
| encourages | use of domestic Chinese internet services ⓘ |
| implementsPolicy |
Chinese Communist Party information control
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Chinese government censorship regulations ⓘ |
| monitors |
cross-border internet traffic
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social media content from abroad ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Chinese government
NERFINISHED
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Cyberspace Administration of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Public Security of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Shield Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
control online information
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enforce internet censorship ⓘ filter online content ⓘ monitor internet activity ⓘ |
| regulates |
access to foreign apps
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access to foreign websites ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
information control in China
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internet sovereignty (China) ⓘ |
| significantExpansion |
around 2009
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early 2000s ⓘ mid-2010s ⓘ |
| startDate | late 1990s ⓘ |
| technologyUsed |
DNS hijacking
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DNS poisoning ⓘ IP blocking ⓘ URL filtering ⓘ connection reset ⓘ deep packet inspection ⓘ keyword filtering ⓘ traffic throttling ⓘ |
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