20170123

China tightens Great Firewall by declaring unauthorised VPN services illegal


Move means all cable and VPN services need prior government approval and comes as Beijing steps up censorship before power-reshuffle party congress

DATE: 23/01/2017
SOURCE: SCMP


Beijing has launched a 14-month nationwide campaign to crack down on unauthorised internet connections, including virtual private networks (VPN) services – a technology that allows users to bypass the country’s infamous Great Firewall.

A notice released by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Sunday said that all special cable and VPN services on the mainland needed to obtain prior government approval – a move making most VPN service providers in the country of 730 million internet users illegal.



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