Censored: Molly Roberts on how China uses deterrence, distraction, and dilution to control its internet
Sinica Podcast
Kaiser Kuo
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week on Sinica, we continue with the ongoing California series of podcasts that Kaiser recorded last winter, and present a conversation taped in December, when he chatted with Margaret (Molly) Roberts, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Molly also co-directs the China Data Lab at the 21st Century China Center, and her latest book, Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China’s Great Firewall, takes a deep, data-driven look at the way that internet censorship functions, and how it impacts Chinese internet users.
15:21: Dispelling two narratives about China’s internet censorship
25:24: Distracting online communities by digitally flooding forums
32:43: How censorship affects those who experience it
41:52: How the discussion around Chinese internet censorship has evolved
Recommendations:
Molly: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, by Virginia Eubanks.
Kaiser: The Syllabus, by Evgeny Morozov: A website offering curated syllabi featuring text, audio, and video on a range of topics, including technology, global affairs, arts and culture, and more.
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