China Widens Net Censorship; Google Exile Looms

February 24th, 2010 admin

The Chinese government is imposing new internet restrictions demanding personal-website operators to acquire central-government permission to operate their sites. The latest censorship measure, which covers .cn domestic domains, comes as Google is trying to convince Chinese censors to ease up. Google said 43 days ago it would undertake a self-imposed exile from China if the government does not back off from requiring it to censor search results. The government said the latest move — which also requires site owners to submit a photograph and to show identification — was targeted at tackling pornography . Critics, though said it was based on silencing political dissent. China did not say when the rules would be enforced. The plan…


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