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Chinese President Calls for International Treaty to Police Web

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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