Cinese internet 'patriotism'

[ronin2172]

China Urges ISPs to Pledge 'Patriotism'

Sun Jun 20, 7:17 PM ET


BEIJING - The Chinese government is calling on Internet service providers to sign a "self-discipline pact" meant to stop the spread of information that could harm national security as defined by Beijing.

The country already requires Internet firms to police their online content and weed out any criticism of the central government. It also tries to block sites it deems politically sensitive or otherwise unacceptable.

The new pact was initiated by the China Internet Association, a government-run industry group, the official Xinhua News Agency said over the weekend.

"The basic principles of self-discipline for the Internet industry are patriotism, observance of the law, fairness and trustworthiness," [/Xinhua said.

Firms that sign on must promise not to spread information "threatening the national security, social stability or containing superstitious or erotic content," the agency said.

Internet service providers must also make sure they do not provide links to other sites with inappropriate material, it added.

The pact calls on Internet cafes to direct Web users to "healthy online information," and it urges respect for intellectual property rights.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040620/ap_on_re_as/china_internet_controls_1

[Romulus]

Makes me love the USA even more.

[Midtown]

Communism at its finest hour.

[Midav]

What is the matter, comrades? You seem...... displeased. rofl

[b.scheller]

didnt they learn anything from the Soviet Union or the Eastern bloc...f**king commies rofl

[Durandal]

Classic PRC BS...

[Bombtrack]

"The basic principles of self-discipline for the Internet industry are patriotism, observance of the law, fairness and trustworthiness," [/Xinhua said.

:roll:

[Durandal]

The pact calls on Internet cafes to direct Web users to "healthy online information," and it urges respect for intellectual property rights.

You have got to be kidding me.

[chauncy republicans]

Oh, man...I bet Bush is jealous now.

[ZeroPositive]

whatever at least the communist nation doesn't give out hand outs to a bunch of Somali's.... I was in Canada and it is worst and the govenment thinks it is a good idea to do this....

The US has some crazy strict laws if you deal in MJ ur more likely to get punished more then you get for say molesting children.... hahaahhaaaa

Being a dumb chinese I don't get taxed overseas by my wonderful US government and taxed locally :D

the list can go on....
My Beer is uber cheap when I am in Commie land....

[Seoulstriker]

Where's J-10? :| He needs to be careful.

[Durandal]

whatever at least the communist nation doesn't give out hand outs to a bunch of Somali's.... I was in Canada and it is worst and the govenment thinks it is a good idea to do this....

The US has some crazy strict laws if you deal in MJ ur more likely to get punished more then you get for say molesting children.... hahaahhaaaa

Being a dumb chinese I don't get taxed overseas by my wonderful US government and taxed locally :D

the list can go on....

Huh? Can anyone translate this?


My Beer is uber cheap when I am in Commie land....

So are the jail cells.

[Durandal]

Where's J-10? :| He needs to be careful.

No doubt.

[Seoulstriker]

On a somewhat funny note, the name of the organization is the Chinese Internet Agency, or CIA. ;)

[J-10]

Where's J-10? :| He needs to be careful.

Hehe, thank you.

I do not want to post some "politically sensitive or otherwise unacceptable" thread on Chinese forum/web sites, That's stupid and make trouble to myself. But I can criticize some rotten officials publicly. Now there are about 80 million Chinese people online everyday, there are 600 thousand WWW sites in China, so it is a hard work for government to control.

Today in China speech freedom is much more than ever before, this is a progress.

[Durandal]

Today in China speech freedom is much more than ever before, this is a progress.

Good to hear it. Be careful none the less. I would hate to lose a verbal sparing partner because he said something I agreed with to the wrong people.

:)

[anonymous individual]

It is going to be tough for the Chinese to regulate ISPs. I predict they will still be able to find means to connect with the outside world and even within the nation. I mean the Chinese CCTV(spelling) satellites were hijacked for a moment by a oppressed religious group based in China last year (I think). That shows how good the Chinese people are.

[J-10]

Today in China speech freedom is much more than ever before, this is a progress.

Good to hear it. Be careful none the less. I would hate to lose a verbal sparing partner because he said something I agreed with to the wrong people.

:)

Yeah, :) Thank you.

I'm not a radicals of promoting democracy, I agree to develop economy in first, so China will create a lots of middle class, I think "economic base will decide uper building".

[Tengu]

Not much new here. There are several hacker groups in china who hack foreign website because they believe they "harmed" china in a way (real sick folk). And chinese hackers who hack a chinese website are shot.

[Herrmannek]

Today in China speech freedom is much more than ever before, this is a progress.

Good to hear it. Be careful none the less. I would hate to lose a verbal sparing partner because he said something I agreed with to the wrong people.

:)

Esspecialy this forum could be in special interest of chiness serivces and you can be one of them :) its much easier to read that forum and get info about things than going trough all that official sites/ newspapers etc.....

So are you white inteligence or normal man ;)