China’s Internet Censorship: Comparing Different Methods and Their Impact upon Intellectual Freedom

Jesse Spencer, April 2008, Prepared for “Information Network Applications,” University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences

• Introduction
• Methods of Censorship
• Conclusion
• References

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