“The internet in China, far from challenging party-state authority, has facilitated the extension of means of surveillance and control”. Discuss critically.

Monitoring of Internet Usage

Nowadays technology has been a part of our everyday life , it is the source of information from all over the world , in particular the internet . The internet serves as an avenue to get the latest information from one country to another or just about the place we live in , with the internet people could get or have the latest news or issues regarding the economy , environment or even about the government . The internet liberalized the ideals or perceptions of people regarding certain issue that involves their country and

their economic status and because of this information it feeds the curious minds of the people , it opens their minds to what is right and wrong , it also tells them what change is needed to have a better life . All over the world the internet is free to be viewed by anyone who could avail the services , it doesn 't choose its audience for anyone could benefit from the information the internet has , and also the information can be viewed or be used by the person who needs it . No one controls the internet or no company owns it and because of this one can participate in any activities it offers , participants in the usage of the internet could watch soap operas episode or even watch the latest movies , the internet could provide all the necessary things or information any individual needs and with much sufficient details needed . In some countries the information that comes from the internet are controlled and censored by the government agencies , information such as the web sites , discussions or forum regarding s like the economic or the religious issues are controlled by the government with regards to the content or messages it transmitted . One country in particular that uses internet filtering is China , the culture of China is that the people are very obedient with regards to their government and their authorities , this kind of act could be traced back from their history . China uses internet filtering to stop gaining access to immoral materials such as pornography , political gossips and fake religious groups , this way it help the government of China to lessen illegal transactions and indecent statements for the government it is a way of controlling rallies and corruption of the mind of the youth from the immoral messages the internet has if not censored by the government Before a person could gain access to internet sites or materials it will undergo government surveillance regarding the most visited sites , it will undergo this process for sixty days from which the government will see the messages it transmit to the people and if contains disturbing messages it will be not allowed to be viewed by the internet users . This kind of filtering of messages or information protects China from invasion of rebel groups or -allied countries with this government s or states private doings are protected and this way there will be a safe kind of government process . Also with this kind of...