Me in Internet Censorship Articles

Posted byYan Sham-ShackletonPosted inAwaiting a Democratic HK


Blog awards cry freedom
Jan 19th 2005.
Dot Journalism

The awards applaud independent blogs that provide an
alternative view of the news, especially in countries where journalists
and writers are persecuted by the authorities and the traditional media
is under government control…..

"They have consistently been
very fast in shutting down services and sites within China that have
put forth alternative views, and blogs are not treated with any less
vigilance than any other type of media," she told dotJournalism. Continue

 

China’s blog monitoring is pervasive, but largely ineffective.
Red Herring.com

January 19, 2005

China Readers of Glutter blog know her as “gluttergirl.” But until a week ago, her regular readers in
couldn’t access her blog. The Chinese government had banned it for more
than a year. Her pro-democracy writings might have had something to do
with this. Continue

 

Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

One thought on “Me in Internet Censorship Articles”

  1. Dear Yan;
    You made the June 2005 edition of Spectrum, a technical magazine for electrical engineers in the United States. Your blog and censorship was featured on page 44.
    Way to go!!
    Ann
    PS. Nice Powerbook.

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