Computer scientist Laura Edelson and China researcher Jessica Batke discuss some of what they learned over the course of their 18-month investigation into China's online censorship system. They break down some of the basic functions of the internet, how China has constructed a censorship system that connects to, but is separate from, the rest of the internet, and how that censorship system impacts the rest of the world.
Read the full investigation, “The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters.”