SHANGHAI The shutdown was unusual, and came without warning.Chinese censors tested on Thursday a new way of shutting down websites and cutting off the countrys internet users from the rest of the world. The censorship drill targeted tools that many in China use to thwart the countrys vast online censorship system, though internet companies said it also hit some sites at random.One Beijing online video company watched as its app and website went offline for about 20 minutes without warning. The way it was disconnected the digital tether that connected its service to the rest of the internet was severed suggested more than a mere technical outage, according to the leader of the firms technology team, who requested anonymity for himself and the company for fear of reprisals.
Källa: Chinas Internet Censors Play a Tougher Game of Cat and Mouse – The New York Times
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