[ NNSquad ] A Chinese Web censor snaps, goes on public rant

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

A Chinese Web censor snaps, goes on public rant

http://j.mp/WPGm50  (Washington Post)

   "Spare a moment for the Chinese censor, stuck between a Communist Party
    that demands strict control and a few million Web users who
    increasingly expect the ability to speak their minds online.  As
    controversy over a censored newspaper grows into one of China's
    biggest and potentially most significant free-speech fights in years,
    party officials are likely seeking greater control at exactly the
    moment that outraged Web users are making that task most difficult. At
    least one censor on Weibo, the popular Twitter-like service that often
    serves as the closest China has to a public national conversation,
    seems to have snapped."

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