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06-04-2014, 07:33 PM
Tiananmen Square Protesters Slip Memes Through China's Web Censors
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Memes (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) aren't just used to spread laughs on the Internet anymore.
Ranging from the silly to just plain weird, memes — the pastime for jokers and Photoshoppers alike to share a giggle — have evolved into a form of social media activism for bloggers in China.
See also: You Don't Say: The Origins of the Internet's Favorite Memes (http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/origin-of-memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The Chinese government has an established history of censoring the Internet (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/china-blocks-google-tiananmen-square/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), especially when it comes to social media sites like Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and Chinese micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo
In 2012, government-run censors blocked (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/04/tiananmen-square-yellow-duck-meme-weibo_n_3383181.html?just_reloaded=1) Chinese users from searching the Internet for terms including "June 4," "remember" and even in**cuous phrases like "today" in preparation for the anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre, which took place on June 4, 1989 in Beijing. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/tiananmen-square-memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Memes (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tiananmen Square (http://mashable.com/category/tiananmen-square/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-QkwOid-JSA
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Memes (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) aren't just used to spread laughs on the Internet anymore.
Ranging from the silly to just plain weird, memes — the pastime for jokers and Photoshoppers alike to share a giggle — have evolved into a form of social media activism for bloggers in China.
See also: You Don't Say: The Origins of the Internet's Favorite Memes (http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/origin-of-memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The Chinese government has an established history of censoring the Internet (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/china-blocks-google-tiananmen-square/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), especially when it comes to social media sites like Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and Chinese micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo
In 2012, government-run censors blocked (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/04/tiananmen-square-yellow-duck-meme-weibo_n_3383181.html?just_reloaded=1) Chinese users from searching the Internet for terms including "June 4," "remember" and even in**cuous phrases like "today" in preparation for the anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre, which took place on June 4, 1989 in Beijing. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/tiananmen-square-memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Memes (http://mashable.com/memes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tiananmen Square (http://mashable.com/category/tiananmen-square/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-QkwOid-JSA