Chinese Netizens Report Interference With Anti-Censorship Software

The Chinese regime has apparently further tightened its already tight grip on the Internet since New Year’s Eve.
Chinese Netizens Report Interference With Anti-Censorship Software
People in Beijing use their laptops at a cafe in Beijing in November, 2012. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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The Chinese regime has apparently further tightened its already tight grip on the Internet since New Year’s Eve. Internet users in China have alerted the Chinese-language Epoch Times about having problems accessing uncensored online information outside China with anti-censorship software.

“Freegate was down for three days. It has taken me much effort to overcome the Great Firewall,” a reader commented on the Chinese-language Epoch Times website. “We won’t allow the bandits to repeatedly isolate us.”

Freegate is anti-censorship software freely provided by the U.S.-based company Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT), which allows people to break through Internet censorship.

It is highly possible that the military was involved.
Hua Po, Beijing political affairs observer
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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