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Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info
Raver32 writes "Blog service providers in China are "encouraged" to register users with their real names and contact information, according to a new government document that tones down an earlier proposal banning anonymous online blogging.
At least 10 major Chinese blog service providers have agreed to sign the "self-discipline pledge" issued by the Internet Society of China, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported."
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In the Soviet China the Government watches the bloggers.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
It is good for society when you take responsibility for the things The Party tells you to take responsibility for.
Why don't these antics from communist China surprise me? These agreements don't mean much since Chinese courts do whatever the hell they feel like anyways.
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Delete "Bad" information? Is that the one with the evil bit turned on?
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Nick
All your Republicans are belong to us.
Its trickery. Use your real name.
.... When the government decides to execute you for dissident activities, they can send your family an invoice for the bullet.
This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
Is it common knowledge in China how much the government restricts freedom? Or is it something that barely anyone inside the country is aware of?
Technoli
The US Gov't doesn't need to tell anyone about who they spy on...that's Bush's warrent-less wiretapping scheme! No judge will ever find out, and the agencies doing the snooping are protected from testifying because it is a 'state secret'. You could be spied on, branded a "terrorist" with no paper trail and disappeared forever.
I hope you are trolling, I really do. Especially since the pro-business concerns in the USA would LOVE to turn the clock back on environmental protections and consumer safety in order to turn a bigger profit.
Blar.
I can't even imagine how many death threats I would have gotten by now for saying bad things about Ubuntu, if people had my real contact information.
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HE he he
Cue the "Record Number of Chinese ISP Owners Commit Suicide" headlines in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
The US has alwaysplayed the imaginary role of the 'defender of freedom nad human rights', but in reality they always protected they`re own asses. In the WWII they only helped because the nazi attacked them. And they even now talk bullshit nad close eyes on what happens in China - it`s good for them until they trade and have cheap workforce. Freedom for Tibet and defending human rights end for the US when there is no oil in the defended country. The censorship and laughter from human rights will continue if no hard actions will be executed
1. The majority of social networking sites, and the debate pages of every one of the major national media, require a mobile phone number for registration, which must be renewed regularly.
2. It is illegal to sell mobile phone subscriptions (even 'pay as you go' topup) without confirming the personal details of the one buying it, including the SSN equivalent, and these are stored in a database.
The effect is virtually indistinguishable from the Chinese 'draconian' scheme - an individual may not post to any of these sites without being identifiable and trackable. And if I remember correctly, Chomsky called it 'the most civilised society in the world', so it can't be all that bad.
I think its unfortunate that when such stories are posted about China, some posters try to draw equivalence to some negatives in US or such. Slashdot is a community of freedom lovers, and not US or western nationalists, people here respond equally vehemently when any issues that affect individual freedom is discussed irrespective of the country , this is not a forum to show China down or the USA up, just individuals who like liberty and make their opinions known.
The hypocrisy of the US in some instances can be astonishing and they get the flak for that, China has absolutely no respect for freedom of speech, and let's not make excuses for that.
encouraged with what, beatings in nearest state penitiary ?
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Just making a point that with the recent law changes, this scenario inches closer to possibility.
I always found it amusing that we had to invade Iraq because Saddam was committing genocide and all of his human rights violations, but we bend over backwards for China. I think the same geniuses who thought Iraq would pull a 180 if they got democracy think that China will undergo a similar change once the people taste the fruits of capitalism.
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>>1. The majority of social networking sites, and the debate pages of every one of the major national media, require a mobile phone number for registration, which must be renewed regularly.
Topix.com does not require registration.
As for a mobile phone #, you gotta be kidding. I don't have a cell phone and that's no problem.
> Blog service providers in China are "encouraged" to register users with their real names and contact information,
Or just use your Yahoo! account and they'll hand it (and you) over to the Communists for you.
Oh wait, MySpace is supposed to close and report accounts of sex offenders. How are they going to do this without getting their real names or make sure the information doesn't end up in government's hands for other reasons?
Sorry, should have been clearer - this only applies to blog, social networking and discussion sites that are run by Norwegian or Scandinavian-based operators and newspapers. You are still completely free to sign up to any non-Scandinavian provider. I am not sure if there has been any government incitement towards requiring mobile phone numbers for all national sites, but they all seem to have started with the requirement at once, and there was however a widely-published government-led crackdown on unregistered mobile phones (for the reason that they were being used by criminals)
My point is that while the decision structures and context are quite different between China and Norway, the practicality of the situation and the potential for tracking posters is similar.
Well, they actually don't need everyone to publish their name in order to know where to find "abusers". I work for one of the biggest blogging service company in Russia. In the last 3 - 4 years maybe 15 people were brought to court over something they wrote in their blog and our company was _never_ asked to release some info about the blogger in question. They somehow manage to do without us.
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