3 posts and columns on netizen

It Was a Bright, Cold Day in Beijing, and the Clocks Were Striking Thirteen…

in News on March 25, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says China’s efforts to censor speech and suppress dissidents smacks of the “totalitarianism” of his youth in the Soviet Union. Here’s a prime example of that: A Beijing directive describing how Google’s defiance of China’s censorship laws is to be portrayed in the country’s media.

Chinese Schools Tied to Attacks on Google? Where’d You Read That, Mad Magazine? [UPDATED]

in News on February 22, 2010 at 4:56 am PT

Claims that two schools in China were the source of cyberattacks against Google and other U.S. companies have become the butt of a state-run media joke in the country. First came vehement denials from Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, which dismissed the stories as unfounded. Now, Chinese “netizens” are reportedly mocking the claims.