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In what could be considered as an attempt to take firmer control
on the Cyber
Society attached to China, the Government has imposed severe
restrictions on
the content to be published in the web sites coming under their
jurisdiction.
According to CNET.COM ,the rules require general portal sites
to use news
from state controlled media, seek special permission to offer
news from foreign
media, and meet strict editorial conditions to generate their
own news. Failure
to do so could result in warnings, temporary suspension or permanent
shutdown, the report said. The rules would also restrict Chat
Rooms to discuss
only "Permitted topics"
Apart from the desirability of such curtailment of the Freedom
of Speech, the
practicality of its implementation is debatable. Such restrictions
can only be
imposed through filtering and blocking of international sites.
If this is done, the
Chinese Cyber Society would be reduced to a large internal network
and
severe its connection to the Internet itself. At best it can
be called a Chinese
Intranet. Such a situation would severely curtail the progress
China has made in
the recent days.
Are We Going To Witness a Cyber Tianamen Square? Hopefully, without
the
"massacre".
Detailed
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Naavi
November 08, 2000
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