China Cuts Mobile Service of Xinjiang Residents Evading Internet Filters (Published 2015)

Urumqi, in China’s Xinjiang region. The area has long been home to experiments in Internet surveillance and censorship.Credit...Goh Chai Hin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images HONG KONG — The Chinese government is shutting down the mobile service of residents in Xinjiang who use software that lets them circumvent Internet filters, escalating an already aggressive electronic surveillance strategy

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“The Chinese government is shutting down the mobile service of residents in Xinjiang who use software that lets them circumvent Internet filters, escalating an already aggressive electronic surveillance strategy in the country’s fractious western territory.”