Clever Method for Defeating Chinese Filters

by Alex Harris on July 2, 2008

in Personal Liberty, Tech & Telecom

The Wall Street Journal reports on a clever method Chinese bloggers have been using to get around automatic keyword-based censorship programs that China uses to restrict content: writing backwards. Apparently, programs are used to convert normal writing into backwards writing – and it’s actually relatively readable. Yet another example of the failures of government censorship: the content you’re trying to block will always get through.

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