Anonymous Blogging In China No Longer Banned - Just Strongly Discouraged
An earlier draft of a Chinese government policy had required blog service providers to register bloggers under their real names, thus effectively banning anonymous online blogging - a ruling with serious privacy and civil rights implications for that troubled country. Now, apparently, the requirement has been amended to “encourage” such disclosure, but not require it, thus amounting to a self-policing standard imposed on the blog operators and providers.
Chinese blog providers ‘encouraged’ to register users with their real names, International Herald Tribune (Aug. 22, 2007)
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