http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/blogging-from-china-speech-wants-to-be-free/ Notes from the classroom and observations about professional practices for sharing the news on digital platforms. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/blogging-from-china-speech-wants-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-482 DigitalDocs Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:36:17 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/blogging-from-china-speech-wants-to-be-free/#comment-482 I came back from China on Saturday 2nd December. I teach Journalism in the UK (www.ukjournalism.org) and was in Shanghai doing just that on a new course. I ran a Moblog. By day 3 my mobile was barred and I couldn't access the site from within China. Seems the govt are stepping up their filtering efforts in the run up to the Beijing games. There's nothing contentious in the moblog - USSTmoblog.blogspot.com - but it's a shame those it was intended for can't see it. And with Google taking the wheel at eblogger does this mean they've also cut a deal with the Chinese on the blog sites further preventing free movement of information? I came back from China on Saturday 2nd December. I teach Journalism in the UK (www.ukjournalism.org) and was in Shanghai doing just that on a new course. I ran a Moblog. By day 3 my mobile was barred and I couldn’t access the site from within China. Seems the govt are stepping up their filtering efforts in the run up to the Beijing games. There’s nothing contentious in the moblog – USSTmoblog.blogspot.com – but it’s a shame those it was intended for can’t see it. And with Google taking the wheel at eblogger does this mean they’ve also cut a deal with the Chinese on the blog sites further preventing free movement of information?

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