The Dark Side of the China: The Government, Society and the Great Cannon

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to understand the concept of one of the main firewall technology developed within the scope of Golden Shield Project called Great Cannon and Great Firewall and elaborates the details of this tool in China. The proposed technology deployed in China has claimed to enhance the public safety and country wide national cyber security however there were many other circumstances raised from the legal, ethical and moral issues due to censorship and surveillance of this deployment. The research also elaborates and outlines the effects and technical issues of this deployment since this paper highlights the existing research trends in network security and exposing the current state of the Golden Shield project for the China with its censorship policy.