When I was last in China (in March), I found it fascinating which podcast RSS feeds the Net Nannies blocked and which they did not. This motley mix of censoring the benign and leaving salty feeds uncensored (e.g., the Distorted View podcast) really emphasizes the keystone cop nature of China's Net Nannies.
BLOCKED RSS PODCAST FEEDS:
60 Minutes
Escapepod
Pseudopod
Scott Sigler
Pacific Coast Hellway
UC Radio Podcast
Best of National Geographic
The Economist
Talk Radio News
The Onion Radio News
This American Life
Well Told Tales
Comedy Central Stand-up
WSJ Tech News Brief
NOT BLOCKED:
Distorted View
BBC - Best of Today - not salty, but interesting that this BBC feed is not blocked given that the BBC was in a tiff with China a few years back, etc.
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5 comments:
Seriously? I'm blocked in China? Any idea why? This is AWESOME!
The Chinese Net Nannies started blocking most RSS feeds about half a year ago out of fear that illicit content was getting through. I think, when in doubt, they block RSS feeds.
Any way I can find a listing? Would be fun to blog about it if I had some reference.
By the way, Scott, I am a big fan of your work.
No, the Chinese don't publish this information. The only way is to try your lock there and test out what sites and feeds are blocked and which are not. I'll ask some other friends to verify and get back to you!
Cool, but don't spend too much time on it, just wondered if there was some public listing somewhere I could use to help promote.
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