Chinese unlocked iTunes
In the Great Chinese Firewall, the iTunes website was unblocked after the Tibet song disappeared from the main page of the site.
ITunes blocking lasted about two weeks. Events developed as follows. Tibetan activists released a music album and placed it on iTunes before the start of the Olympic Games. At the request of Tibet, about 40 athletes from the Olympic Village downloaded this music (they got it for free). ITunes editors added the album to the number of "Favorites" and put a link on the first page of iTunes. The Chinese authorities reacted instantly and immediately closed access to the largest online music store, and Tibetan activists issued a press release on this topic.
However, after the end of the Olympic Games, Apple removed the album from the “Featured” list, after which China immediately lifted the site blocking, although “Song of Tibet” is still on sale, and not only on iTunes.
Such accurate work of Chinese experts indicates how closely they track the emergence of "hostile" content on the Web, correctly assess the threats and adequately prescribe new rules for the firewall, depending on the popularity of a particular site. They have powerful levers of influence on offices on Yahoo China, Google China and MSN and can calmly dictate their will to the largest Internet portals. Such absurdities like with iTunes are extremely rare.
ITunes blocking lasted about two weeks. Events developed as follows. Tibetan activists released a music album and placed it on iTunes before the start of the Olympic Games. At the request of Tibet, about 40 athletes from the Olympic Village downloaded this music (they got it for free). ITunes editors added the album to the number of "Favorites" and put a link on the first page of iTunes. The Chinese authorities reacted instantly and immediately closed access to the largest online music store, and Tibetan activists issued a press release on this topic.
However, after the end of the Olympic Games, Apple removed the album from the “Featured” list, after which China immediately lifted the site blocking, although “Song of Tibet” is still on sale, and not only on iTunes.
Such accurate work of Chinese experts indicates how closely they track the emergence of "hostile" content on the Web, correctly assess the threats and adequately prescribe new rules for the firewall, depending on the popularity of a particular site. They have powerful levers of influence on offices on Yahoo China, Google China and MSN and can calmly dictate their will to the largest Internet portals. Such absurdities like with iTunes are extremely rare.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/38328/
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