Why the Gfw Should Not Be Shut Down

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Why the GFW should not be shut down Sammy 13328148 The GFW, which shorts for the Great Firewall, is a technical mechanism intended to block the websites and the information that should not be exposed to the public according to the Chinese government. Therefore, the Chinese netizens have to visit the websites such as Facebook and Twitter with the assist of the VPN. Most of the high-educated Internet users in urban areas complain about the awful mechanism which actually disturbs their lives, arguing that the GFW should be shut down immediately. But the truth is, the government adopts the GFW with the purpose of better control on the whole country. Honestly speaking, the better control on our country with such large population is the best way to unify the whole country for the time being, which eventually promote the social stability. In other words, in order to maintain social stability, the GFW should not be shut down by the Chinese government for the present. The establishment of the GFW prevents public from seditious information provided by some illegal organizations such as Falun Gong. With the development of the Internet, the whole world has entered the age of the Internet. However, good information and the bad one intermingled on the Internet. Some illegal organizations use Internet to brainwash the public especially those live in the rural areas. For instance, the notorious organization Falun Gong has provided information on Internet with the purpose of propaganda since 1998, which finally caused some mass disturbances such as the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident(Chen, 161) (Chan, 10). Therefore, the Chinese Government established the GFW in order to block those websites, which can prevent public from seditious information offered by Falun Gong. The GFW takes effect for turmoil launched by Falun Gong is not seen nowadays. To sum up, the GFW helps

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