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posted by janrinok on Saturday February 28 2015, @03:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-free-world-will-copy-in-5..4..3.. dept.

Starting March 1, China will ban internet accounts that impersonate people or organizations, and enforce the requirement that people use real names when registering accounts online, its internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), said on Wednesday.

The new regulations are part of efforts to impose real-name registration requirements on internet users and halt the spread of rumors online, the CAC said. Internet companies will have the responsibility to enforce the rules.

On Tuesday, the CAC accused NetEase Inc, a U.S.-listed Chinese web portal, of spreading rumors and pornography. And last month, 133 WeChat accounts were shut down for "distorting history", state media reported.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 28 2015, @07:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 28 2015, @07:51AM (#150985)

    > There are only one hundred surnames in China,

    I had heard that too. I was even going to post that. But I decided to double check before doing so and found out it is not really true. [wikipedia.org]

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday February 28 2015, @08:03AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday February 28 2015, @08:03AM (#150990) Journal

    Jeez, facts? How will we ever get anything resolved here on SN? OK, how about "only one hundred names for Han Chinese"? Better? (And besides, 4000 for a population of a billion is not much of a difference, proportionately. )