Saving the Uyghur internet

Saving the Uyghur internet

Update: 2025-11-20
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What happens when a government erases a people’s digital past?





Reporter Sean Powers, from the “Click Here” podcast, tells the story of China’s quiet purge of the Uyghur web — and the lone coder determined to bring it back to life.





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An earlier version of this story appeared on the “CLICK HERE” podcast from Recorded Future News and PRX.






The post Saving the Uyghur internet appeared first on The World from PRX.

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Saving the Uyghur internet

Saving the Uyghur internet

Sean Powers