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What is Splinternet

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
The term sometimes used to describe the effects of national firewalls. The verb “rivercrab” colloquially refers to censorship of the Internet, particularly in Asia.
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Internet Censorship in China
Treasa Nic Giolla Chomhaill (Computer Science Department, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland), Nigel McKelvey (Computer Science Department, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland), Kevin Curran (School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland), and Nadarajah Subaginy (School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch137
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