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China Begins Enforcing Internet Real-Name Policy

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

slash2phar writes:

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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 01 2015, @06:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 01 2015, @06:13PM (#151594)

    You would think that teaching their citizens to think for themselves and check facts would be more educational than suppressing rumor posts.

    I guess the very last thing they want to teach their citizens is to think for themselves. Because they might use that ability also on the government's propaganda.

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