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03-25-2009, 12:18 PM
Chinese government takes over site, according to Wall Street Journal Web site
Chinese authorities have blocked access to YouTube, according to a story posted today on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.
The story said that YouTube confirmed that the site was blocked in the country, but did not know what caused the outage. The story also quotes a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry who said at a press conference today that the government has "taken up management of the network according to the laws."
Neither YouTube nor its parent company, Google Inc., responded today to requests for comment on the report.
This isn't the first time that China has blocked YouTube.
A year ago this month, for instance, the Chinese government blocked some Internet access amid rioting in Tibet. During that time, China blocked access to Google News and YouTube in what seemed to be an effort to stop the spread of video footage related to the rioting in several cities in Tibet, including the capital Lhasa.
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Chinese authorities have blocked access to YouTube, according to a story posted today on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.
The story said that YouTube confirmed that the site was blocked in the country, but did not know what caused the outage. The story also quotes a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry who said at a press conference today that the government has "taken up management of the network according to the laws."
Neither YouTube nor its parent company, Google Inc., responded today to requests for comment on the report.
This isn't the first time that China has blocked YouTube.
A year ago this month, for instance, the Chinese government blocked some Internet access amid rioting in Tibet. During that time, China blocked access to Google News and YouTube in what seemed to be an effort to stop the spread of video footage related to the rioting in several cities in Tibet, including the capital Lhasa.
Compworld