User:Serinali/Internet censorship in China

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*** move to Internet censorship in China, new section 8.10 in Evasion, "

Specific examples of evasion as internet activism
A recent study conducted by Harvard University on “How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression” demonstrates that while the censorship of information exists, the purpose of the censorship is not to silence all comments made about the state or any particular issues, but rather to prevent and reduce the probability of collective actions. However, the rapid increase of access to Internet in China has also created new opportunities for activism. For example, in terms of journalism, Marina Svensson’s article on “Media and Civil Society in China: Community building and networking among investigative journalists and beyond” illustrates that although Chinese journalists are not able to create their own private companies, they are using informal connections online and offline that allows them to create a community that may allow them to go around state repression. Specifically, with the development of microblogging, an increase in new community that are formed underlines a possibility of "...more open expressions of solidarity and ironic resistance” . However, one shortcoming with internet activism is digital inequality . In 2016, the number of internet users reached 731 million, which was about a rate of 53% for internet penetration . According to the Information and Communications Technologies Development Index (IDI), China exhibits high inequality in terms of regional and wealth differences.