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China Explains Internet Situation In Whitepaper

Posted by kdawson on from the for-some-definitions-of-free dept.

eldavojohn writes "In a new whitepaper, China has declared the Internet to be 'the crystallization of human wisdom' and officially issued what appears to be a defense of its policies on Web censorship, while at the same time making contradicting statements like 'Chinese citizens fully enjoy freedom of speech on the Internet' and (in the same paper) 'Laws and regulations clearly prohibit the spread of information that contains content subverting state power, undermining national unity, [or] infringing upon national honor and interests.' The paper also claims some questionable superlatives such as 'China is one of the countries suffering most from hacking.' On the positive side, this 31-page document might be offered as an operating guide for businesses, like Google, looking to understand exactly what the law is surrounding the Internet in China. The document is a rare glimpse of transparency in China's regulations."

6 of 115 comments (clear)

  1. Homer Simpson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I suffered from a bullying problem in school too, Lisa"

    Visualization:

    Homer beating up on some kid

    Sure China has a 'hacking problem'

  2. Not so much .. by PIBM · · Score: 4, Funny

    'China is one of the countries suffering most from hacking.' is quite true: they are bashed a lot for it!

    1. Re:Not so much .. by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

      If they insist on filtering what goes into China, they should at least have the consistency to filter what comes out of it.

      They already do - they filter out the truth about what's going on in China.

  3. Proud Father by PatPending · · Score: 3, Funny

    China has declared the Internet to be 'the crystallization of human wisdom'

    Imagine how proud Al Gore must be.

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  4. Re:Free-ish Speech by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All my online names were taken when I finally decided to register for slashdot.

    So I just converted my initials to binary, it was available...

  5. Re:Free-ish Speech by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did you lift that from the iPhone Developers TOS?

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