The internet has shown no signs of slowing down, howeverin China, officials said that the country had 41percent fewer sites at the end of 2010 than in the previous year – most likely due to increased government restrictions.
According to research conducted by Royal Pingdom, there were 255 million reported websites at the end of 2010 worldwide, reflecting a yearly gain of 21.4 million sites.
The fact that China hasclosed down 1.3 million websites in 2010 has caused no reason for concern for the ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences. Researcher, Lie Ruisheng said the trend, “means our content is getting stronger, while our supervision is getting more strict and more regulated.” He further stated that Chinese Internet users enjoy freedom of speech.
As BBC reports, the downward internet trend may be due to China’s attempt to cut down on pornography, an initiative that was started in 2009.
The BBC report also noted that its own Chinese-language service is commonly blocked in China as well as most social media sites.
And according to an NPR report in December, China attempted to block sites and TV from reporting that jailed Liu Xiabao, had won the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2008, Chinese officials also sought to block web videos blamed for being damaging to society.
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