Great Firewall of China

English Etymology en Great Wall of China firewall, popularized in an issue of Wired (magazine) Wired in 1997.2010 Jonathon Keats Jonathon Keats Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology Oxford University Press 9780199752904 69 https://books.google.de/books?id=sBIOXJqqVEUC&lpg=PA142&dq=%22Singularitarian%22&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=firewall&f=false Noting this local slang, the June 1997 issue of Wired presented the newfangled Chinese internet to Western audiences with a decidedly ironic spin, introducing Great Firewall of China into the lexicon. Proper noun Great Firewall of China 1 en originally jocular pejorative Internet censorship by the government of the People's Republic of China. en GFW initialism Great Firewall Golden Shield en 1997 A. Michael Froomkin Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: The Role of Intermediaries Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure 36126687 146 Behind this hypothetical Great Firewall of China, most users would be allowed to exchange information with foreign sites if they were on the approved list en 2001 Greg Walton China's Golden Shield: Corporations and the Development of Surveillance Technology in the People's Republic of China 5 49740735 The "Great Firewall of China" is failing, largely due to the increased volume of Internet traffic in China. en 2007 Dinah PoKempner A Shrinking Realm: Freedom of Expression Since 9/11 Human Rights Watch World Report 2007 9781583227404 76 The Great Firewall of China is a case of corporate collaboration in censorship. en 2015-03-31 Massive denial-of-service attack on GitHub tied to Chinese government Dan Goodin w:Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/massive-denial-of-service-attack-on-github-tied-to-chinese-government/ 2015-04-01 The targets suggest the attackers are sympathetic to the vast censorship apparatus known as the Great Firewall of China. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706130330/https://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/massive-denial-of-service-attack-on-github-tied-to-chinese-government/ 6 July 2017 Translations Spanish: es Gran Cortafuego de China m, es Groso Cortafuegos de China m, es Grosso Firewall de China m References Further reading Internet censorship in China Great Firewall en China Chinese politics Internet Freedom of speech