China tightens Great Firewall by declaring unauthorised VPN services illegal

South China Morning Post ^ | Monday, 23 January, 2017, 1:16pm

[BenLurkin]

“China’s internet connection service market ... has signs of ­disordered development that ­require urgent regulation and governance,” the ministry said.

The crackdown on unregulated internet connections aimed to “strengthen cyberspace information security management”.

Major VPN service companies including Vypr and Express said they were aware of the issue.

While a representative from Vypr said the company was ­“currently working on ways around this”, a representative from ­Express by the name of Dane said that his company would ­release an official statement on its blog soon.

China blocks access to 135 out of 1,000 sites in one ranking of the world’s top websites, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, according to Greatfire.org, which monitors online censorship on the mainland.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Hey ! Lets give China unlimited access to censoring the internet !
Sure ! That'll work !(signed , "Zero")

[Enlightened1]

The more China tightens their grip, the more people in China will slip through their firewall.

[Buckeye McFrog]

More dividends of Bush 41 not standing-up for the Tiananmen Square democracy protesters.

[BenLurkin]

Nice.

[BenLurkin]

Nice!

[WENDLE]

Trump will take internet back. The new FCC chairman will abolist much of Net Neutrality requiring that you pay more for slower internet so other people can have the same speed you have but they get theirs free. I was reviewing my copy of the constitution this morning and I can’t find anything regarding free internet paid for by people who work.
The main thing is take control back immediately. We didn’t vote to give it away.

[American in Israel]

closing your eyes never makes the tiger go away. China has never learned that.

[wally_bert]

I hope the speed picks up again.

The past year or so, the 20 Meg connection seems at times a little better than dialup.

Speedtest says that it’s normal but it sure doesn’t seem like it.

[setha]

Never mind that China’s level of censorship and control is the dream and end goal of globalism.

[WENDLE]

You are correct. Speed was absolutely mitigated1! there is question. It is all about communist egalitarianism. I want to buy blinding speed!! now you cannot get any faster than people that don’t work. this crap is ENDING!! YESSSS!!

[Reiji K]

That’s nearly 1/6 population of the world. And it’s sad. VPN providers have a way around it but users now have to call their support i guess. A friend went there as a part of the exchange program and he’s using Ivacy vpn there to go social. Says the survival is impossible without a VPN. Everybody knows it, everyone does it, but nobody talks about it.

[OliverTwik]

If somebody breaks any prohibitions about the internet, then the punishment is very serious, up to 10 years in prison. Nobody would like to be imprisoned at all.

[Muntic0re]

I read on Anta NET blog that China government censors the internet and over 50 000 people are employed to administer all internet laws. It is all made for the safety of economy of the country. The government considers that the internet might have a very bad influence on people and may destroy their political system because the internet is the tool that is not easy to control and people have access to the information. As for VPN it's formally prohibited there but no one cares. When I was in China I used Pure vpn, it's one of the best vpn china service. Therefore I had no problems with access to the Internet.