Tiananmen HTML Application Trick

The student-led paper for Tokyo University says a graduate program used an HTML trick to prevent mainland Chinese students from applying, sneaking "Tiananmen Square" into its HTML code to stop the page from loading in mainland China. More details below.

A screenshot of a social media post above a webpage source-code window. The post claims that a Tokyo University graduate program prevented mainland Chinese students from applying by inserting “Tiananmen Square” into the HTML, exploiting censorship in mainland China; it is shared as an ironic reaction to politically sensitive content being blocked. EN: A screenshot of a social media post above a webpage source-code window. The post claims that a Tokyo University graduate program prevented mainland Chinese students from applying by inserting “Tiananmen Square” into the HTML, exploiting censorship in mainland China; it is shared as an ironic reaction to politically sensitive content being blocked.

• @gentoomemes / 15119 2024-12-08