Tuesday, 11 July 2017
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China has moved to block all virtual private networks (VPNs) by next year, according to a report, in what would mark a significant crackdown on citizens’ access to the open web.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg
reports that the Chinese government ordered state-run telecoms to begin
blocking VPNs by February 1st. Earlier this year, China’s Ministry of
Industry and Information Technology announced that all VPN services would need to obtain government approval, as part of a “cleanup” of unauthorized internet connections.
Many Chinese internet users use VPNs to privately access
websites that are blocked under China’s so-called “Great Firewall,”
including restricted news sites and social media services like Facebook
and Twitter. It is unclear whether the VPN block would affect foreign
corporations, many of which use VPNs to secure data and circumvent web
filters.
“If they’re as interested in security and stability as
they say they are, then they should leave VPNs accessible,” Kaiser Kuo,
former head of international communications at Baidu, said in a Facebook post
Monday. “The number of people using them in China is really small, but
really vocal — and I don’t think they’ll just take this lying down. Will
reflect very badly on the party. Dark days ahead.”
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