Chinese Regime Blocks ‘Egypt’ Internet Search

3 Fevral 2011 19:00 (UTC+04:00)

The word "Egypt" suddenly became a sensitive word on the Internet in China. The word was blocked on all the main search engines in China, including the popular micro-blogging site, Sina.

On Sina typing in "Egypt" were greeted with a message saying, "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results are not shown."
The ban said, "For the riot in Egypt, all media have to use Xinhua press release. It is prohibited to translate foreign media reports. Web sites must intensify management of web postings, forums, blogs, and especially the interactive section of twitters. For those that cannot be managed well, we will close them.