Flickr Photos Blocked in China

[Censorship in China, by lance webel]

This photo, which I snapped at Beijing’s "Gate of Heavenly Peace" just as a soldier told me not to, clearly represents how the Chinese government is grasping to maintain its stranglehold on the Chinese people in this increasingly democratic and communal world.

For example, the "Great Firewall" is now blocking people in China from viewing Flickr images, presumably because of user-uploaded photos of the 1989 T-square incident. As a result, I probably won’t be uploading new photos for a while.

Posted to webeldotnet on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 at 1:55 pm EST in Photos & China & Media (comment feed). If you refer to this post on your blog, please trackback. Thanks!

5 Comments to “Flickr Photos Blocked in China”

1. HP said:
   June 13th, 2007 at 6:44 pm EST

   thats a very good picture. it even blocks the guy’s face so he won’t get in trouble for not taking your camera.

2. Steve said:
   June 14th, 2007 at 12:36 am EST

   It’s a real bummer… I’m hoping this is one of those ‘temporary’ bans that fades away after a week or two (like CNN) and not a permanent one (like Wikipedia or BBC).

3. Lance said:
   June 14th, 2007 at 12:30 pm EST

   By the way, this add-on for Firefox gets around the ban if you happen to use that browser. It’s pretty quick and seamless.

   And I thought that I had an excuse not to work on my photos for the next month. Maybe I’ll just ignore the add-on and keep using Safari …

4. Mom said:
   June 14th, 2007 at 11:29 pm EST

   AND TO THINK I STOOD ON THIS VERY SPOT IN CHINA WHEN YOU SHOT THIS PHOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MOM

5. Miya said:
   June 15th, 2007 at 7:35 pm EST

   Oh~:sad:

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