> "A recent upgrade to China’s web filters, commonly referred to as the Great Firewall, has made it more difficult to use services called virtual private networks"
It really demonstrates a lack of knowledge when the WSJ fails to distinguish between the web and the internet. They note the key impact of this upgrade being VPNs, yet incorrectly state it is an upgrade to a web filter.
Then the article goes on to explain how this change affects different groups'/individual's productivity due to these limits. If we are going to effectively model and understand the impacts of China's censorship, then an accurate understanding of these censorship methods (and the internet itself) is required.
It really demonstrates a lack of knowledge when the WSJ fails to distinguish between the web and the internet. They note the key impact of this upgrade being VPNs, yet incorrectly state it is an upgrade to a web filter.
Then the article goes on to explain how this change affects different groups'/individual's productivity due to these limits. If we are going to effectively model and understand the impacts of China's censorship, then an accurate understanding of these censorship methods (and the internet itself) is required.