China Updated Great Firewall: Bans Numerous Internet Service Providers It appears as if China wants to create a boundary wall around its cyber space. In the past few years the Chinese government has blocked multiple popular sites like Gmail Google Facebook Instagram Flicker and much more.Recently the concerned authorities have updated its Great Firewall in order to save "cyberspace sovereignty". In the latest upgrade the government has banned and disrupted numerous virtual private networks (VPN) such as Astril and Strong VPN.
These services were the only means to access Google and other blocked sites. Since last few months these services were working like a very useful alternative for the people living in China.Therefore the sudden block of these services infuriated a large number of people. They believe that country is trying to forcefully sell local services under the name of cyber sovereignty.Wen Ku the director of telecom development at the Ministry of Industry and Information technology discussed the recent attacks. He states that the government is trying to impose new policies only for the safety of cyberspace.
The free use of internet gives birth to numerous crimes and problems all around the country.On the other hand the government spokesman informs that authorities have merely blocked sites that are not obeying the rules and regulation. The country intends to design more strict policies to deal with these issues.