Great Firewall of China Winds Down; Censorship Battle Continues

Courtesy Mashable!  Tue, 06/09/2009 - 14:09

Chinese FlagLast Tuesday, China took dramatic steps to quiet chatter on the web by blocking Twitter, Flickr, Bing, Hotmail, YouTube , and a wide range of social websites.

This was done in advance of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Well, it looks like the Great Firewall of China is finally coming down, at least for now.

According to The Wall Street Journal , Chinese Internet users have been regaining access to most social networking websites....

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