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04/26/2024 09:58:52 pm

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Confronting The Great Firewall

New plug-in Promises Quicker, Easier Way to Bypass Internet Censorship in China

China's 641 million Internet users will soon be afforded an easier, quicker route around the country's Internet censorship system as developers of a simple browser plug-in promise to punch a permanent hole through "The Great Firewall".

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Cracks Form in China’s Great Firewall as Plugin Thwarts Censorship

Researchers have developed a plug-in that will allow Internet users in China to circumvent the so-called Great Firewall, and access any of the estimated 3,000 websites that are blocked in the country, such as Facebook and Gmail.

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