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China Bans "Human Flesh Searching"
hackingbear writes The Supreme People's Court, China's top court, has outlined the liabilities of network service providers in a document on the handling of online personal rights violation cases. "Rights violators usually hide in the dark online. They post harmful information out of the blue, and victims just can't be certain whom they should accuse when they want to bring the case to court," said Yao Hui, a senior SPC judge specializing in civil cases. Those re-posting content that violates others' rights and interests will also answer for their actions, and their liability will be determined based on the consequences of their posts, the online influence of re-posters, and whether they make untruthful changes to content that mislead. This essentially tries to ban the so-called human flesh searching. Though this does not stop others from using the chance to highlight the country's censorship problems even though the rulings seem to focus on personal privacy protection.
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Let's get to the real heart of the issue here shall we. China, as with all authoritarian regimes is diametrically opposed to anarchy. The Internet = anarchy. Only through a non-government (centralized) community vetting process can the people make order out of the chaos. China abhors the concept of individual freedom and idea such as inalienable rights.
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Timothy: I don't often post comments but this is just racist. Fix the title now.