I know you're familiar with The Great Wall Of China. The
Longest Man Made Structure in World and One of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World. A Wall is a structure to protect the people, country and territory they
build the wall for security and controlling the borders. It’s also a great
defense for invaders and people who’s trying to escape. “The Great Wall means
power and control”- That’s the symbol of China’s Great Wall.
Let’s now look at another Wall from China The Great Firewall Of China. In modern
technology terms firewall is software or hardware for defense. A computer that
has a firewall has a very good protection for attacks and intercepting in and
out information. “It is built for power and control” just like the Wall it
keeps track what’s in and out the border. A combination of two can produce a
Great Firewall – Applying the Ancient Works to modern technology that’s what
they did for online protection and controlling the Internet. China is one of
the country that has a very good Internet censorship they almost control
everything. Major social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter a tool that
can be used to express your thoughts and democracy are blocked. Information to
the outside world and information to your world is also blocked. Is this the
same reason they created a Great Firewall Of China – Extension of The Great
Wall. A wall of modern technology or a great tool to prevent pornographic
material or violent content. We never know what’s good and bad for Chinese
people it could be useful or not but let’s hope that this step would not lead
for another country to follow. The wall is a great tool but for countries that
rely on Social Media as a tool for democracy it just like locking up a bird in
a cage
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