China’s Great Firewall Gives Rise to a Robust Industry of Information Smugglers
Oiwan Lam | Global Voices More often than not, information smugglers prioritize things like click rates over hard-hitting public interest journalism It is common knowledge that China’s so-called Great Firewall bars Chinese netizens from accessing overseas websites. A chief side effect of the firewall that is less commonly known among foreigners are the many social media outlets that “smuggle” news from […]
Interview: Prize-winning Chinese Citizen Journalism Website Still Going Strong Despite Suppression
Catherine Lai | Hong Kong Free Press Despite the continued detention of his reporters and having been imprisoned twice, the founder of the 64 Tianwang citizen news site says suppression will help the organisation grow. Reporters Without Borders on Monday awarded its Press Freedom Prize to 64 Tianwang, which is widely recognised as the first rights defence […]