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Are People In China Happy With The Great Firewall?

Posted on May 16, 2008

We've heard this argument plenty of times in the past, but a recent study suggests that 85% of people surveyed in China are perfectly fine with the Great Firewall, saying that they believe the government has a responsibility to protect them from dangerous content. Of course, this is always how the government has positioned the filter: not as blocking content it doesn't like, but as protecting citizens from dangerous content. Before people act surprised about this, take a step back and recognize that if you did the same study in the US, asking if the government should be protecting chil...

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