China's Strict Censorship Laws
The Great Firewall of China, also referred to as the Golden Shield, stops millions of people from accessing an open and free Internet. A number of top websites are blocked in China under the GFW, including Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Wikipedia and other popular sites. Because of this strong censorship and the laws in place, Internet users in China cannot access the same, unrestricted Internet that people outside the country can. People turn to tools like VPNs to bypass the restrictions and pervasive Internet censorship.