[92549] in Cypherpunks
China clamps down on Internet [CNN]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Tue Dec 30 11:11:20 1997
From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 09:59:57 -0600 (CST)
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Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
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> CHINA CLAMPS NEW CONTROLS ON INTERNET
>
> Web posted at: 3:13 a.m. EST (0813 GMT)
>
> BEIJING (Reuters) -- China clamped sweeping new controls on the
> Internet on Tuesday, warning that the network was being used to leak
> state secrets and to spread "harmful information."
>
> Regulations unveiled by Zhu Entao, Assistant Minister for Public
> Security, cover a wide range of crimes, including leaking state
> secrets, political subversion and spreading pornography and
> violence.
>
> The rules are also designed to protect against computer hacking,
> viruses and other computer-related crime.
>
> They call for unspecified "criminal punishments" and fines of up to
> 15,000 yuan ($1,800) for Internet providers and users who violate
> the rules -- both individuals and business organisations.
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> The regulations explicitly cover information circulating from Hong
> Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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