why China block so many website like YouTube,Facebook,Twitter,Google+ ?

[Tom]

I am a Chinese and I love my country but these website did whats worry that made the goverment shut them down? I afraid that one day they may shut the Yahoo down as well l should only play without any international web...

[Kp]

Tom, any authoritarian government would be afraid of social media like FB, Twitter, etc. because it is very easy to form opinions against the rulers and create mass movements! The ruling party in India has also tried to curb these electronic media but the strong movement against the party forced them to shelve this move. The freedom of expression is enshrined in our constitution and any attempt to curb this would be met with very strong mass movement.

[DnDarn]

怕资本主义腐朽思想颠覆国家政权呗-_- 不过你要在国外就不受限制啦

anyway we still have access to a large number of US websites,like Yahoo!
good luck~

[Greg Smith]

It is because china is afraid that their people will see how brutal their government is to them. Just try to Google "Tiannamen Square Massacre". The government are nothing but control freaks. It is ridiculous what they are doing to Tibet right now. I recommend using a VPN.

[Sense]

youtube, google, facebook, twitter are far too awesome to be viewed in china

the government believe if these sites of awesomeness where viewed in china that there would be mass protests of people wanting better things

[dog lover]

It is because when rumors spread around these social media that are against America's best interest, the US government can track down those people who spread the rumors, and very soon, those people become vanish from the world without anyone's knowledge.

China, on the other hand, does not have an authority to request these foreign social media to reveal the information of the users, and thus, when rumors spread around these foreign social media that are against China's best interest, and if China did not censor these foreign social media, rumors could damage the social stability in China.

Therefore, China has done a right thing to censor these crazy foreign social media.
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