Changing IP Addresses and Chinese Censorship
In the public’s minds, the word censorship and China are almost synonymous. They have even garnered every privacy concerned individual’s favorite Internet meme: “The Great Firewall Of China”. China has always been concerned with any organization that doesn’t follow the philosophy of their communist party, or just any foreign organization period. The problem for them is, they can’t control these groups, so they just shut them down.
A new player has stepped up to the plate, and the government is more concerned than ever; mafia based video games. The Chinese authoritarian government has since released a statement via the Ministry of Culture that has banned video games that have any mafia ties or relations. Games like “The Godfather”, and any other games on the Internet that glorify organized crime have all been blacklisted, and “severe punishments” have been put in place, although no one specifically knows what the sanctions are yet.
The government says these games glorify all sorts of anti-social and misanthropic behavior like killing, stealing, and raping. They say that young kids will gain access un-rightfully to these games and excessive playing will distort their perception of right and wrong, and could breed them into homicidal lunatics.
