Blocked on Weibo: What Gets Suppressed... | Jason Q. Ng | Talks at Google
55Though often described with foreboding buzzwords such as "The Great Firewall" and "censorship regime," Internet regulation in China is rarely either obvious or straightforward. This was the inspiration for Jason Q. Ng to write an innovative computer script that would make it possible to deduce just which terms are suppressed on China's most important social media site, Sina Weibo. The remarkable result is the book "Blocked on Weibo," which serves as an invaluable guide to sensitive topics in modern day China by offering reasons why the Chinese government would find these blocked terms objectionable. By explaining the context behind censorship, Blocked on Weibo exposes the fascinating fissures between the idealized society that Chinese authorities dream of having and the actual one that Chinese netizens are creating each day.