China Tightens it's Choke-hold on the Internet. - Polidicks

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20857480[/url] [QUOTE][B]China has tightened its rules on internet usage to enforce a previous requirement that users fully identify themselves to service providers.[/B] The move is part of a package of measures which state-run Xinhua news agency said would protect personal information. But critics believe the government is trying to limit freedom of speech. The announcement will be seen as evidence China's new leadership views the internet as a threat. The Chinese authorities closely monitor internet content that crosses its borders and regularly block sensitive stories through use of what is known as [B]the Great Firewall of China.[/B] However, it has not stopped hundreds of millions of Chinese using the internet, many of them using micro-blogging sites to expose, debate and campaign on issues of national interest. In recent months, the internet and social media have been used to orchestrate mass protests and a number of corrupt Communist Party officials have been exposed by individuals posting criticisms on the internet. [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20857480#story_continues_2"] [/URL][B]Internet v officialdom[/B] [QUOTE]Organisation of mass protests via social media forced officials to scrap environmentally-questionable projects in Shifang and Qidong. Shaanxi official Yang Daca was sacked after an internet campaign exposed his many expensive watches, deemed unaffordable on a provincial official's salary. District-level Party boss Lei Zhengfu was sacked after a video clip of him having sex with an 18-year-old girl appeared on the internet.[/QUOTE] The new measures come a month after a new leadership, led by Xi Jinping, was installed by the ruling Communist Party. The new man in charge of the internet, Liu Qibao, has a reputation for taking a hard line on media control. He recently called for "more research on how to strengthen the construction, operation and management of the Internet and promote mainstream online themes". [B] 'Safeguards' [/B] The new measures now formally require anyone signing agreements to access the internet, fixed-line telephone and mobile devices to provide network service operators with "genuine identification information", known as real-name registration, Xinhua reports. Real-name registration was supposed to be have been implemented in 2011 but was not widely enforced. China's biggest internet firm, Sina Corp, warned earlier this year in a public document that such a move would "severely reduce" traffic to its hugely-successful micro-blogging site Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter with more than 300 million users. Under the new rules, network service providers will also be required to "instantly stop the transmission of illegal information once it is spotted" by deleting the posts and saving the records "before reporting to supervisory authorities". The measures are designed to "ensure internet information security, safeguard the lawful rights and interests of citizens... and safeguard national security and social public interests", and were approved by China's top legislature at the closing session of a five-day meeting on Friday, Xinhua reports. The calls for tighter controls of the internet have been led by state media, which said that rumours spread on the web could harm the public and sow chaos and confusion. The government has said officially that it welcomes the exposure of official abuses, but a new generation of ever bolder bloggers and commentators pose a threat that the leadership seems determined to counter, the BBC's Charles Scanlon reports. [/QUOTE]

China has a pretty strict control over their internet and yet it still is one of the wildest zones on the internet.

[QUOTE=Amez;39036713]China has a pretty strict control over their internet and yet it still is one of the wildest zones on the internet.[/QUOTE] I guarantee you at least 75% or more of the population knows how to get passed the firewall

[QUOTE=Amez;39036713]China has a pretty strict control over their internet and yet it still is one of the wildest zones on the internet.[/QUOTE] How? :3 [editline]30th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=fruxodaily;39036762]I guarantee you at least 75% or more of the population knows how to get passed the firewall[/QUOTE] I bet the number one most-downloaded freeware in China is a browser extension that lets them get past the firewall automatically. It also comes with Cave Story.

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;39036762]I guarantee you at least 75% or more of the population knows how to get passed the firewall[/QUOTE] It's more difficult to do so than you think... >.>

[QUOTE=Angus725;39036927]It's more difficult to do so than you think... >.>[/QUOTE] downloading ultrasurf or tor isn't hard

[QUOTE=Angus725;39036927]It's more difficult to do so than you think... >.>[/QUOTE] Not really. Also how is your avatar 80x60?

i find it cute that china thinks they can control the internet... or actually control 1.3 billion chinese.

[QUOTE=Wizards Court;39039738]i find it cute that china thinks they can control the internet... or actually control 1.3 billion chinese.[/QUOTE] They do,i was there and bypassing security measures is harder than you think. Plus the fact that petty crime=execution controls population too.

[QUOTE=Dog;39038902]Not really. Also how is your avatar 80x60?[/QUOTE] I'm pretty certain that if you upload a non-square image, it automatically changes the size of the invisible avatar 'box' thing too. I've seen people with oblong avatars before. [editline]1st January 2013[/editline] Wait, just noticed what you meant, it's wider than the limit. OK, that's weird.

[QUOTE=IPK;39040106]They do,i was there and bypassing security measures is harder than you think. Plus the fact that petty crime=execution controls population too.[/QUOTE] They don't kill people from petty crimes.

[QUOTE=oskutin;39056263]They don't kill people from petty crimes.[/QUOTE] Indeed, but there is still 55 capital offences. Which is 55 too many.

Wow, you guys are really clueless about how China works it systems.

[QUOTE=oskutin;39056263]They don't kill people from petty crimes.[/QUOTE] You could face the death penalty for smoking pot in china.

[QUOTE=areolop;39056285]You could face the death penalty for smoking pot in china.[/QUOTE] Haha no. Even I've done that. [editline]1st January 2013[/editline] Here is the list of capital offences for those interested: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_offences_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China[/url]

[QUOTE=NoDachi;39056298]Haha no. Even I've done that. [editline]1st January 2013[/editline] Here is the list of capital offences for those interested: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_offences_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China[/url][/QUOTE] Nothing in there about bypassing the internet, although I am surprised that counterfeiting money is enough to score you a death penalty.

[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;39056512]Nothing in there about bypassing the internet, although I am surprised that counterfeiting money is enough to score you a death penalty.[/QUOTE] "if circumstances are serious." But like most laws, that is rather vague. I guess it depends on previous case precedents if it'll net you capital punishment.

Where's that one facepunch user that actually lives in china?

There is more than one.

[QUOTE=MIPS;39056537]Where's that one facepunch user that actually lives in china?[/QUOTE] They're not allowed to view the thread anymore.

At some point, the people have to get tired of these chokehold laws.

[QUOTE=Dog;39038902]Not really. Also how is your avatar 80x60?[/QUOTE] Probably was set back when blues could have 80x80. Same with me.

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;39065522]"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin[/QUOTE] "Those who regurgitate pop-philosophy to appear to be capable of being intellectually credible deserve to look like an idiot"