The Strange Death of the Uyghur Internet

November 2, 2022

Xinjiang’s digital erasure is only the most recent blow to its online sphere. In 2009, after riots exploded in Urumqi, China hit back with an internet shutdown and a wave of arrests of bloggers and webmasters. Advocacy organization Uyghur Human Rights Project estimates that over 80 percent of Uyghur websites did not return after the shutdown. 

Read the full article: https://www.wired.com/story/uyghur-internet-erased-china/