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[FYI] (Fwd) [GILC-plan] China issues new Net censor laws




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From:           	Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org>
To:             	gilc-plan@gilc.org
Date sent:      	Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:08:25 -0500
Subject:        	[GILC-plan] China issues new Net censor laws

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"China has issued its most intrusive Internet controls to date,
ordering service providers to screen private e-mail for political
content and holding them responsible for subversive postings on their
Web sites. ...

"Under the new rules, general portal sites must install security
programs to screen and copy all e-mail messages sent or received by
users. Those containing 'sensitive materials' must be turned over to
authorities.

"Providers are also responsible for erasing all prohibited content
posted on their Web sites, including online chatrooms and bulletin
boards.

"The new rules include a long list of banned content prohibiting
writings that reveal state secrets, hurt China's reputation or
advocate the overthrow of communism, ethnic separatism or 'evil
cults.'

"The last category covers the Falun Gong spiritual movement, which has
frequently resorted to the Internet to defy a harsh two-year
crackdown.

"Pornography and violence are also prohibited."

See "China creates stern Internet, e-mail rules," Associated Press,
Jan. 18, 2002, temporarily available at
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/18/china-internet.htm

Sincerely,
Christopher Chiu
Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York NY 10004-2400
USA
Tel.: 212-549-2535
E-mail: cchiu@aclu.org
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