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[ PRIVACY Forum ] China's new leadership faces censorship challenge
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Tue Mar 12 02:09:04 2013
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:48:10 -0700
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China's new leadership faces censorship challenge
http://j.mp/X1HT9l (Committee to Protect Journalists)
China's traditional media are controlled by the state and beset by
propaganda directives, while online outlets are subject to a complex
censorship system involving keyword filters, tough self-censorship
requirements for operators, and surveillance pressure on users.
Journalists who ask hard questions risk professional censure, jail,
and extrajudicial measures. But this system of control is increasingly
endangered, CPJ's report finds. "Today's Chinese citizens are more
informed, interconnected, and worldly than ever. They will no longer
accept government propaganda as news, nor will they remain silent when
faced with official lies about issues affecting their lives," Dietz
said. "It is time for the government to engage in the benefits of
independent information. As a start, Beijing should release jailed
journalists, halt arbitrary detentions and harassment, and ratify the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which China
signed in 1998."
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