Internet control

: assessing China in a comparative european context

Abstract

China is unpopular for its policies on the Internet. However, we tend to forget that other countries and their economic actors also realise dubious practices on the Internet. This paper seeks to demonstrate the situation of human rights online in China shares common characteristics with the Internet policy of the European Union and some of its Member States. By choosing very specific examples, this paper offers a critical view of the Chinese Internet system, but also extends that criticism to certain practices in the EU. It provides different perspectives of the online environment from a human rights perspective.

Date of Award	7 Nov 2016
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Matej Accetto (Supervisor)