Great Firewall

British  

noun

1. informal a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China

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Etymology

Origin of Great Firewall

C21: a play on the _{Great Wall of China}

Example Sentences

Seeking connection and information, Chinese users navigate a version of the web obstructed by the so-called Great Firewall.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the same time that Mr. Ma was building his online community, the government was building the Great Firewall around it.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Great Firewall felt like a distant concern for people like Kafe Hu, a bored teenager from a small city in the province of Sichuan who, in the early 2000s, went online to connect with other rap and hip-hop fans.

From The Wall Street Journal

"For example, over the past couple of years, we've seen the Chinese 'great firewall' technology used by Myanmar, Pakistan, and some African nations," he said.

From Barron's

When AI systems train on content from the Chinese internet, it is already scrubbed as part of China’s so-called Great Firewall, the system Beijing set up years ago to block online content it finds objectionable.

From The Wall Street Journal