This AsiaMedia article says “backed by “armies” of cyber-police, China was spearheading an increasingly sophisticated movement by repressive regimes to restrict the internet, a global media watchdog said in its annual report.China is the world’s biggest prison for cyber-dissidents with 52 people in jail for online activities that the ruling Communist Party in Beijing deemed inappropriate, Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.Around the world there are only about 10 other people known to be in prison for posting criticisms of governments online, although some regimes were trying to “ape” China in restricting freedom of information on the internet, the organisation added”.

China ‘leading crackdown on Net’

This AsiaMedia article says “backed by “armies” of cyber-police, China was spearheading an increasingly sophisticated movement by repressive regimes to restrict the internet, a global media watchdog said in its annual report.China is the world’s biggest prison for cyber-dissidents with 52 people in jail for online activities that the ruling Communist Party in Beijing deemed [...]