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New Chinese Rule Requires Real Names Online

Posted by samzenpus on from the anonymous-howard dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "According to a human rights group, a leading Chinese Internet regulator is calling for new rules requiring people to use their real names online and when buying mobile phones. New York-based 'Human Rights in China' says it has obtained the complete text of a speech Wang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office, made in April, and they quote him as saying 'We will make the Internet real name system a reality as soon as possible.'"

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  1. Blizzard? by scumfuker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that you?

  2. Re:Does this really do a lot of good? by LambdaWolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Every child born will also be assigned a permanent unique sequential code, in the form of a UUID, including a series of digits that represent the time of birth/registration, and a series of digits that represent the locality of birth, as well as a sequential serial number.

    And then all the kids with 6-digit UUIDs will scoff at the newcomers with 7-digit UUIDs...

    --
    "This algorithm runs in constant time. Come on, 2,147,483,648 is a constant..."
  3. Re:Does this really do a lot of good? by slick7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet there'll be a lot of names like Yin Dao Yan, Qian Lie Xie, Wei Shen Jing, and Ji Ba Mao.

    There are so many Wings and Wongs in China, it is very likely to Wing a Wong number.
    It had to be said.

    --
    The mind conceives, the body achieves, the spirit manifests.
  4. Re:It's being done in the US too by GrumblyStuff · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but it's contaminated with lead and diethylene glycol.

  5. Everybody Wang Chen tonight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everybody Wang Chen tonight
    Everybody have fun tonight.

    (repeat)

    This is going to be so good. The lyrics for the song are just so inspiring in the face of Wang Chen's perspective. I think we can all be Wang Chen tonight. I'm going to be Wang Chen for everything I do online.

    Yours,

    Wang Chen.