China Cuts Mobile Service of Xinjiang Residents Evading Internet Filters

The Chinese government is shutting down the mobile service of residents who use software that allows them to circumvent Internet filters in Xinjiang, a new measure in the country’s fractious western territory.

Shortly after terrorist attacks in Paris, the local police began cutting the service of people who had downloaded foreign messaging services and other software, according to five people affected. The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity over concerns about retaliation from local security forces for speaking to foreign news media, all said their telecommunications provider had told them to go to a local police station to have service restored.