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China Orders Internet Comments Linked To Real Identities (engadget.com)
A (truly) anonymous Slashdot reader quotes Engadget:
China isn't slowing down in its bid to silence online political opposition. As of October 1st, the country will require that tech firms hold on to records of the real identities of everyone posting comments on internet message boards. This is to discourage "false rumors, filthy language and illegal messages," according to the government. Of course, it's that last part that Chinese officials are really interested in -- they know you're less likely to challenge the political order if investigators can easily track you down.
The timing of this identity requirement, the VPN restriction and other crackdowns (such as an investigation into internet giants for allowing material that "harms the social order") isn't coincidental. China's ruling party has its next national congress later in 2017, and it has a habit of ramping up censorship around these gatherings to discourage criticism of party policies.
The timing of this identity requirement, the VPN restriction and other crackdowns (such as an investigation into internet giants for allowing material that "harms the social order") isn't coincidental. China's ruling party has its next national congress later in 2017, and it has a habit of ramping up censorship around these gatherings to discourage criticism of party policies.
Fuck China.
There are calls by bureaucrats for similar measures in the EU to do the same thing. It's not as crazy as some people think.
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Facebook can do business as its own wishes, and yet not be doing the same thing at all as a government compelling all businesses.
As usual, Dumb-and-Buffoonish, you can't bother to get past your own mendacity.
Of course, Facebook was not even the first to implement such a system, so you couldn't even get that right.
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No, it's pretty crazy. What is crazy is not seeing the absurdity of this. It's kinda disappointing that people ignore the value of anonymous speech. When faced with retaliation, you tend to not feel comfortable freely expressing yourself.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
You know it is a whole lot more likely that we get to where the chinese, and many other countries, are through the back door, of lawsuits, liability judgements and insurance companies. Western societies are often more constrained by such than by actual law and government regulation.
I didn't mention, nor infer, either end of the political spectrum. If you're curious, I'm pretty damned leftist. Free speech is/was once a very left view to hold.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Actually, China is a right-winger dream: uber-capitalist, lax regulations, no meaningful minimum wage, no environmental protection. Add to that an authoritarian government that doesn't tolerate anything non-traditional (LGBTs, foreign religions, porn) and you get the wet dreams of right-wingers.
Trump wants to know who is talking about him!
I am unfamiliar with that law. It seems true.
As I was saying, if I can threaten you or your family, I can probably ensure you say exactly what I want. North Koreans know their government sucks, they also know where they will end up for vocalizing that.
We need the freedom to express ourselves. Even the Nazis deserve that freedom.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Except most right-wingers espouse a minimalist Federal government, are pro-firearms-rights, anti-abortionists, religious, and generally favor a strict constructionist interpretation of the US Constitution, with all those pesky individual rights enumerated. Yeah, definitely a right-winger's paradise there.
Authoritarian governments don't really favor the left OR right. They just favor themselves.
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Have you been in China? It is so capitalist that Ayn Rand would hide under her bed after seeing it. And state companies are nigh indistinguishable from US-style monopolies. Minimum wage is not meaningful, it's not survivable and even that is violated left and right. Tons of factories are STILL open as you can see by looking at the air in Beijing, more often than not regulations are used to extort (small) bribes. Actually, pretty much all regulations are as lax as you want them to be for a small sum.
As an example, my friend lives near a 24-hour construction site. The work is supposed to stop at 10pm but it continues throughout the night, with the associated noise.
To its credit, Chinese government is trying to stop the wild unbridled free market and at least force people to obey some laws. Turns out that living inside a pure capitalism is hell.
That's also b'cos the US has never had any global ambitions
Eh... you SURE about that?