Here’s how to navigate the Internet is censored in China
China Channel is an extension for Firefox that lets you access the web version filtered by Beijing. You can try any part of mondoDella “great wall digital” Chinese know many details now. As ordered by the powerful machinery of censure Beijing at the many bloggers and journalists arrested for expressing their views freely online.
A group of artists has now launched a plugin for Firefox that lets you try out from China what it means to navigate a network obtained. It’s called China Channel and falls within a wider awareness-raising initiative that also includes an exhibition in these days in Hong Kong.
Once installed the plug on Firefox (warning: it works only with the English version), simply select the channel “China Channel,” click on “Go” (to be associated with a Chinese IP address) and placed in suffered fantasy world Internet filtered Beijing.
At first it will seem quite normal, at least until you type a few words on Google sensitive. For example, if you launch searches like “Free Tibet” or “Tananmen Square protests”, a message will appear soon “Connection interrupted.” It is also likely to be disconnected for 15 minutes (unless you restart your browser and you change IP address). Here is a demo.
Until Nov. 4 China Channel will also show in Hong Kong, as part of Second Life hosted by Videotage. For the occasion, the artists have devised an interactive installation in which two computers are connected to a single keyboard and mouse. The only difference is that a computer is connected to the Internet Hong Kong (usually more permissive), while the other is connected to the Chinese web. In this way visitors can compare at a glance the differenc
