Great Firewall

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The Great Firewall is China’s extensive system of internet censorship and surveillance that controls and filters online information accessible within the country.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Firewall canonical 1
Great Firewall of China 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf internet censorship system ⓘ
surveillance system ⓘ
affects internet access in mainland China ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GFW ⓘ
Great Firewall of China ⓘ
linked to: Great Firewall
blocks Facebook ⓘ
Google ⓘ
Instagram ⓘ
Twitter ⓘ
linked to: Twitter, Inc.

Wikipedia (in Chinese mainland) ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Wikipedia

YouTube ⓘ
many foreign news websites ⓘ
many human-rights related websites ⓘ
many privacy and circumvention tools websites ⓘ
circumventedBy Tor ⓘ
linked to: Tor Browser

proxy servers ⓘ
virtual private networks (VPNs) ⓘ
counterMeasures blocking many VPN protocols ⓘ
detecting and disrupting circumvention tools ⓘ
country China ⓘ
criticizedFor enabling mass surveillance ⓘ
limiting access to information ⓘ
restricting freedom of expression ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo Hong Kong (historically, to a large extent) ⓘ
linked to: British Hong Kong

Macau (historically, to a large extent) ⓘ
encourages use of domestic Chinese internet services ⓘ
implementsPolicy Chinese Communist Party information control ⓘ
Chinese government censorship regulations ⓘ
monitors cross-border internet traffic ⓘ
social media content from abroad ⓘ
operatedBy Chinese government ⓘ
Cyberspace Administration of China ⓘ
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China ⓘ
Ministry of Public Security of China ⓘ
partOf Golden Shield Project ⓘ
purpose control online information ⓘ
enforce internet censorship ⓘ
filter online content ⓘ
monitor internet activity ⓘ
regulates access to foreign apps ⓘ
access to foreign websites ⓘ
relatedConcept information control in China ⓘ
internet sovereignty (China) ⓘ
significantExpansion around 2009 ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
mid-2010s ⓘ
startDate late 1990s ⓘ
technologyUsed DNS hijacking ⓘ
DNS poisoning ⓘ
IP blocking ⓘ
URL filtering ⓘ
connection reset ⓘ
deep packet inspection ⓘ
keyword filtering ⓘ
traffic throttling ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Firewall → alsoKnownAs → Great Firewall of China ⓘ
linked to: Great Firewall