Friday, February 25, 2011

Fear of revolutionary spirit: China also blocks business network LinkedIn

In China, the fear of the party leadership before the revolutionary spirit of the Arab world is obviously great. According to Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites now the business platform has been locked LinkedIn - for fear of the search term "Jasmine Revolution". Beijing - At LinkedIn we usually talk about business: the network is a business platform, a place where you gather new and old business contacts, making connections, discussing professional issues.


But there are occasional discussion papers, which appeared to prepare the Chinese regime concern. Under the name "Jasmine Voice", for example, confesses claims to "100 percent Chinese," "grown up with Marxist philosophy," now is a turning point for him reached: "I am now at a critical dissent, which is eagerly democracy, freedom and wants justice for his country.

" Such remarks come at the autocratic leadership of the People's Republic does not naturally good. According to Twitter, Facebook and other platforms in China long ago are no longer available (except in a roundabout way), the regime has the magazine "PC World reports that they now also blocked LinkedIn.

It is the latest in a series of maneuvers that the spilling of the revolutionary movements from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and elsewhere to prevent the Middle Kingdom. A Facebook spokesman said the "PC World": "It seems to be a part of a broader approach in China to act, which also affects other sites." Search terms such as "Jasmine Revolution" will be blocked since about a week, such as in China popular micro-blogging platforms à la Twitter.

In the country there are a number of very popular platforms that operate on similar principles, such as under the umbrella of the Internet portal Sina. com. In the social-networking portal Renren. com there is nothing more, if, after "Jasmine Revolution" examined. Also a function of the mobile networks was blocked, which allows users to send text messages to multiple recipients - apparently in the hope of difficult ad hoc organized protest meetings.

Only last Sunday, was in Beijing in front of a fast food restaurant in the city a large crowd formed after had been called on Internet platforms to protests there, as the New York Times reported a few days ago. A young man who had dropped there was a jasmine flower, quickly arrested, placed under the watchful eyes of journalists and photographers, but again was released.

China is the country with most Internet users worldwide: 457 million Chinese are online.

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