Internet Censorship at its Worst
In my time here in China, I’ve rarely found the “censored” internet to be a problem, or even really noticed it. The first day I got here, I loaded up the BBC, and the first headline I saw contained the words “China” and “human rights violations”. So much for the net nanny. Still, it appears there are some things Chinese people just aren’t allowed to see. Earlier, I found one.
I Can Has Cheezburger? appears to be blocked. (could just be my ISP, though…can anyone confirm?)
For anyone unfamiliar with the meme, that site is a collection of Lolcat pictures–basically, cute pictures of cats with humorous, misspelled captions. The name comes from this photo.
Anyway, I can access the site easily through a free anonymizer, but why is it blocked in the first place? What are they trying to keep from the Chinese people?
I think my good friend Stephen put it best: The Chinese people cannot has cheezburger.
Kate on 29 Aug 2008 at 1:40 pm #
Hahaha, I think it is GREAT that you have a post about lolcats. I think they don’t want the Chinese people to see it because they don’t want it to influence their Engrish.
Mayline on 29 Aug 2008 at 11:03 pm #
but the cats are so cute… i didn’t expect to like it as much as I did, but one time it just sucked up my night. which is slightly sad and pathetic…
kellie on 30 Aug 2008 at 8:34 pm #
i can confirm that icanhascheezeburger is indeed blocked in china.
not gonna lie, i’m quite sad that i cannot has cheezeburger.