[***Originally posted on the "Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do " list, Mod.***] See AP article at end. Does anyone have a full English version of the Ministry of Information's new policies? Has anyone seen details on the tools and strategies used to enforce this and previous policies? Is e-mail screening a new area of monitoring? How will Hotmail and Yahoo respond? Steven Clift Democracies Online Democracies Online - Asia (Still active, now informal exchange): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/do-asia/ Chinese Internet Research E-List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chineseinternetresearch/ For information on the Chinese Ministy of Information, see: http://www.chinaonline.com/refer/ministry_profiles/MIIL3.asp Chinese site: http://www.mii.gov.cn/mii/index.html Recent Internet-related stories in People's Daily: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200201/08/eng20020108_88259.shtml http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200111/27/eng20011127_85455.shtml http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200112/06/eng20011206_86075.shtml Their active web boards: http://202.99.23.237/cgi-bbs/ChangeBrd?to=15 Some info on the Internet in China: http://www.cnnic.net.cn/develst/e-index.shtml Digital Freedom Network: http://www.dfn.org/focus/china/chinanetreport.htm Human Rights News: http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/china-bck-0701.htm http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/internet/ Lokam Tsui's Thesis: http://www.lokman.nu/thesis/ See: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49855,00.html?tw=wn20020118 China Tightens Web Controls Associated Press 8:25 a.m. Jan. 18, 2002 PST BEIJING -- 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 websites. The new rules, posted earlier this week on the website of the Ministry of Information Industry, represent Beijing's latest efforts to tighten its grip on the only major medium in China not already under state control. ... 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 websites, 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." ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: clift@publicus.net Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: clift@publicus.net *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: listserv@tc.umn.edu *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. *** ========== HURIDOCS-Tech listserv ========== Send mail intended for the list to <huridocs-tech@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/huridocs-tech/ To subscribe to the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>, with the following text in the message: subscribe huridocs-tech To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>, with the following text in the message: unsubscribe huridocs-tech If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-huridocs-tech@hrea.org>.
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