Culture Memes as Creative Resistance on Tiananmen Square Anniversary

Internet Monitor 2013-06-11

Summary:

A new torrent of words including "today" and "June 4" referencing the Tiananmen Square Anniversary have been blocked from Chinese social media as the country engages in its annual crackdown on Internet, also known as "Internet Maintenance Day." And though the Chinese government is running a sophisticated and tight censorship ship, they're having a bit harder time blocking memes. Continue reading

Link:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/internetmonitor/2013/06/11/culture-memes-as-creative-resistance-on-tiananmen-square-anniversary/

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Tags:

social media censorship china

Authors:

casualglance

Date tagged:

06/11/2013, 18:30

Date published:

06/11/2013, 16:25