China Blocks Access to Twitter, Flickr, Bing
In preparation for the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4th, China has started to block a number of web sites, including Twitter , Flickr , Blogger , Hotmail, and Microsoft’s new search engine Bing . Tech-savvy Internet users in China , of course, know how to circumvent the Great Firewall, but for the large majority of Chinese Internet users, these sites will remain blocked for the foreseeable future. In addition to these high-profile sites, the Guardian also reports that the Great Firewall now also blocks access to more than 6,000 online forums affiliated with colleges and universities. Sponsor In March, China also blocked access to Google’s YouTube .
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