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What has the Chinese government initiated in response to online censorship?
What has the Chinese government initiated in response to online censorship?
- A nationwide internet blackout
- A ban on VPNs (correct)
- An increase in online surveillance
- A crackdown on social media apps
How have citizens reacted to the zero-Covid policy?
How have citizens reacted to the zero-Covid policy?
- They have been protesting in the streets
- They have been using VPNs to access banned news and social media apps (correct)
- They have been advocating for stricter censorship
- They have been avoiding the internet altogether
What are Chinese authorities concerned about?
What are Chinese authorities concerned about?
- The spread of fake news
- Growing interest in circumventing the Great Firewall (correct)
- The use of VPNs to access foreign websites
- The lack of online surveillance
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- The Chinese government has initiated the highest emergency response level of censorship, including a crackdown on VPNs and other methods of bypassing online censorship.
- The protests against the zero-Covid policy have been strictly censored, but citizens have used VPNs to access non-Chinese news and social media apps that are banned in China.
- The directives issued to online Chinese platforms reveal authorities' specific concerns about the growing interest among citizens in circumventing China's so-called "Great Firewall".
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