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'''Guo Baofeng''' is a Chinese blogger from the city of [[Mawei]], [[Fujian]], China. Around July 16, 2009, after posting information about an alleged rape and murder by local officials of a young woman, he was arrested.<ref name="MacKinnon2012">{{cite book|author=Rebecca MacKinnon|title=Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1Ll03dPL1cC&pg=PP37|accessdate=15 March 2012|date=31 January 2012|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0-465-02442-1|pages=40–41}}</ref> He managed to [[Twitter|Tweet]] a plea for help before his phone was confiscated, which led to a viral spread of information about his arrest and the case he was investigating.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> All relevant information became quickly subject to censorship in China, but were disseminated on the international Internet.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> Local Chinese activists organized a postcard campaign, and gather funds for his defense.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> Eventually after 16 days Guo and two other bloggers arrested in the same investigation were released.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> Guo credited his release to the widespread online interest and activism related to his case.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> |
'''Guo Baofeng''' is a Chinese blogger from the city of [[Mawei]], [[Fujian]], China. Around July 16, 2009, after posting information about an alleged rape and murder by local officials of a young woman, he was arrested.<ref name="MacKinnon2012">{{cite book|author=Rebecca MacKinnon|title=Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1Ll03dPL1cC&pg=PP37|accessdate=15 March 2012|date=31 January 2012|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0-465-02442-1|pages=40–41}}</ref> He managed to [[Twitter|Tweet]] a plea for help before his phone was confiscated, which led to a viral spread of information about his arrest and the case he was investigating.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> All relevant information became quickly subject to censorship in China, but were disseminated on the international Internet.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> Local Chinese activists organized a postcard campaign, and gather funds for his defense.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> Eventually after 16 days Guo and two other bloggers arrested in the same investigation were released.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> Guo credited his release to the widespread online interest and activism related to his case.<ref name="MacKinnon2012"/> |
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Guo Baofeng is a Chinese blogger from the city of Mawei, Fujian, China. Around July 16, 2009, after posting information about an alleged rape and murder by local officials of a young woman, he was arrested.[1] He managed to Tweet a plea for help before his phone was confiscated, which led to a viral spread of information about his arrest and the case he was investigating.[1] All relevant information became quickly subject to censorship in China, but were disseminated on the international Internet.[1] Local Chinese activists organized a postcard campaign, and gather funds for his defense.[1] Eventually after 16 days Guo and two other bloggers arrested in the same investigation were released.[1] Guo credited his release to the widespread online interest and activism related to his case.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Rebecca MacKinnon (31 January 2012). Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom. Basic Books. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-465-02442-1. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
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