China is no stranger to banning technology. In the past they have banned minors from playing games that allow you to kill other players, search engines, and even weird baby names. This past week China added a ban on running email servers without a license, allowing the government to more closely control the citizens’ available information.

Yesterday it was announced that China has decided to fully tackle the internet by completley removing the ability for its citizens to browse the web. They have developed their own browser that will bring up pre-selected websites that have been approved and that are constantly monitored. The user will not be able to search for websites or click on any hyperlinks, as all “browsing” is done via a form of slideshow.

When users open the browser they are asked for a topic. After entering their topic, one of the pre-selected websites will appear with all links removed. The only option a user then has is to click the “next” or “previous” buttons at the bottom to view the next website related to the topic.

China is hoping that this will help them completely control the online content available to its citizens.

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