The great firewall of China : how to build and control an alternative version of the Internet
Griffiths, James2019
Books, Manuscripts
Once little more than a glorified porn filter, China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese Internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. But the effects of the Great Firewall are not confined to China itself. Through years of investigation James Griffiths gained unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents, and hackers whose lives revolve around it. As distortion, post-truth, and fake news become old news James Griffiths shows just how far the Great Firewall has spread.
Main title:
Author:
Griffiths, James, author
Imprint:
London : Zed, 2019.
Collation:
xiii, 385 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781786995353 (hbk)
Dewey class:
302.2310951302.231
LC class:
Z658.C6
Local class:
302.231
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2434503