----- Forwarded message from David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:49:32 -0400 To: Ip Ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Subject: [IP] China Tightens Its Restrictions for News Media on the Internet X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: September 26, 2005 11:40:25 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] China Tightens Its Restrictions for News Media on the Internet Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Note: This item comes from reader John McMullen. DLH] >From: "John F. McMullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: September 25, 2005 10:58:53 PM PDT >To: "johnmac's living room" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: Dewayne Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Farber ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: China Tightens Its Restrictions for News Media on the >Internet > > >From the New York Times -- <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/ >international/asia/26china.html? >ex=1285387200&en=38ac65b7be2e2b9b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss> > >China Tightens Its Restrictions for News Media on the Internet >By JOSEPH KAHN > >BEIJING, Sept. 25 - China on Sunday imposed more restrictions >intended to limit the news and other information available to >Internet users, and it sharply restricted the scope of content >permitted on Web sites. > >The rules are part of a broader effort to roll back what the >Communist Party views as a threatening trend toward liberalization >in the news media. Taken together, the measures amount to a stepped- >up effort to police the Internet, which has become a dominant >source of news and information for millions of urban Chinese. > >Major search engines and portals like Sina.com and Sohu.com, used >by millions of Chinese each day, must stop posting their own >commentary articles and instead make available only opinion pieces >generated by government-controlled newspapers and news agencies, >the regulations stipulate. > >The rules also state that private individuals or groups must >register as "news organizations" before they can operate e-mail >distribution lists that spread news or commentary. Few individuals >or private organizations are likely to be allowed to register as >news organizations, meaning they can no longer legally distribute >information by e-mail. > >Existing online news sites, like those run by newspapers or >magazines, must "give priority" to news and commentary pieces >distributed by the leading national and provincial news organs. > >This restriction on the ability of Web sites to republish articles >produced by the huge array of news organizations that do not fall >under direct government control seems intended to ensure that the >Propaganda Department has time to filter content generated by local >publications before it can be widely disseminated on the Internet. > >The new rules are the first major update to policies on Internet >news and opinion since 2000. > >"The foremost responsibility of news sites on the Internet is to >serve the people, serve socialism, guide public opinion in the >right direction, and uphold the interests of the country and the >public good," the regulations state. > >Although Chinese authorities have already effectively unlimited >powers to control the gathering and publication of news, the >Propaganda Department has sometimes struggled to censor information >about delicate developments before it circulates on the Internet. > >About 100 million Chinese now have access to the Internet. Though >the government closely monitors domestic content and blocks what >officials consider to be subversive Web sites from overseas, savvy >users can obtain domestic and overseas information that never >appears in China's traditional news media. > >By the time officials have decided that a topic might prove harmful >to the governing party's agenda, an item about it has often already >been posted or discussed on hundreds of sites and viewed by many >people, defeating some traditional censorship tools. > >Experts who follow the Internet say one of the most significant >changes is the ban on self-generated opinion and commentary >articles that accompany the standard state-issued news bulletins on >major portal sites. > Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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