{"id":528600,"date":"2010-04-14T04:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100413\/1034079000.shtml"},"modified":"2010-04-14T04:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T08:33:00","slug":"japanese-porn-actress-entices-chinese-net-users-to-scale-great-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/528600","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Porn Actress Entices Chinese Net Users To Scale Great Firewall"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s no secret that porn can be a tremendous driver for the adoption of new technologies: VCRs, DVD players, cable and satellite TV, and the internet. But apparently it’s also helping teach Chinese folks how to scale the country’s Great Firewall. A few days ago, the Twitter name of a Japanese porn actress got “discovered” in China, and thanks to her apparent popularity, tons of people started trying to access her Twitter page. Twitter, though, is blocked in China<\/a>, and since the woman is a porn actress, information on her is blocked as it “could cause harm to youngsters’ mental and physical well-being”. These blocks are apparently driving people to learn how to use software to get around the Great Firewall<\/a> (via Jan Chipchase<\/a>) so they can follow the actress on Twitter. Perhaps the best way to deal with China’s internet censorship isn’t technical tricks<\/a>, but to point Chinese surfers to porn so they’ll learn about how to get around the wall on their own?<\/p>\n

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