[FYI] Chinese President Calls for International Treaty to Police Web

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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CHINA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW NEWSLETTER Vol. 1, No. 11 - 
September 11, 2000  

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Chinese President Calls for International Treaty to Police Web  

Speaking at the opening of the 16th World Computer Congress on 21 
August, Chinese President Jiang Zemin called for an international 
treaty designed to police the World Wide Web. "The fast-paced 
development of the Internet has played an important role in the 
world's economic growth and strengthened exchanges between peoples of 
all nations. But we must see that on the Internet there exists an 
overflow of trash information that is anti-scientific, sham science, 
unhealthy and even harmful," Jiang said. Without offering further 
details, Jiang called for an international agreement to "strengthen 
the administration of healthy information" available on the Web. Such 
statements are consistent with the Communist Party? policy of 
supporting the growth of the Internet while attempting to block sites 
that contradict its own political views. 

(Source: Agence France Presse)   

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