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Suing the Net NannyPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, May 28, 2007 7:19 PM
Ready to play? His is writing about the case on his blog (mostly in Chinese, but his English explanation is here). The case is being heard in Shanghai on Tuesday May 29, 2007. The people at Memedia, an excellent website that presents regular roundup of news about blogs, citizen journalism and media in China (in Chinese), starts its latest post with some thoughts about the case, translated roughly below. Note that the Chinese Internet censorship mechanism that Danwei calls the Net Nanny is usually referred to as GFW (Great FireWall) by Chinese netizens. At last, the Great Firewall (GFW) is being sued, although of course the target is a temporary one: China Telecom. Whatever the result, this is an important step (it seems GFW has already realized the situation - the plaintiff's website is already unblocked, but this itself embodies the problem: it's like whack-a-mole). The image used here was taken from Memedia. UPDATE: Danwei has not been able to get any first hand information about this case and if it went to court today. A comment on the bloggers website says: Time magazine is dying to get hold of you! |
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Comments on Suing the Net Nanny
I am the blogger you reported. Thx ur reporting.
I got a phone call from the responsible judge on 2:00PM Beijing time, May 28. The first trial time was delayed by court. We have to wait for new schedule. There is no promised time deadline from the court.
If you have any thoughts, you can send it to yetaai at gmail.com.