Internet Censorship Mechanisms
in
As of today, we have identified and successfully overcome all the following major censorship mechanisms:
- IP and Domain Blocking: IP and Domains of blacklisted websites are blocked.
- Real Time Blacklisting: Web Page with censored words are identified and are blacklisted and blocked.
- Domain Name Server (DNS) Hijacking : DNS queries for high-profile websites are hijacked and fake answers are returned.
- Content Filtering: Emails, web content, Instant Messages (IM) containing blacklisted words are monitored and dropped.
The following diagram illustrates the current internet censorship mechanisms used by China:
Our Mission
Inform, connect, and empower the people in closed societies with information on a free Internet.
Our Vision
The Great Firewall will be taken down as the Berlin Wall.
We Stand Together
To fight the Goliath of repressive Internet censorship, we, a few leading companies and grassroots organizations on the front line, formed an alliance, the Global Internet Freedom Consortium.
Background
There is no freedom without freedom of information. There is no freedom of information without Internet freedom.
