Telecommunication News
- Real-name blog service 'encouraged'
Date: 23-May-2007 Sources: (Shenzhen Daily)
CHINESE blog service providers have been 'encouraged?to offer true-identity-based services to bloggers, according to a draft service code of the Internet Society of China released Monday.
Internet administrators have released the draft voluntary code in an attempt to regulate the mainland's 20 million bloggers. It follows months of preparation involving suggestions from popular portals including MSN, Sina.com, Sohu.com and People.com.cn.
The society released the document on its Web site and is seeking feedback from the public. Suggestions can be e-mailed to blog@isc.org.cn by May 28.
The society's stated aim is to 'safeguard Chinese netizens' freedom of speech within legal regulations,'and it has stressed a need to 'suppress the spread of vulgar information and eliminate cultural trash.'
Under the code, bloggers would have to sign an agreement saying they would not spread unhealthy, illegal, pornographic, defamatory or false information that might infringe on others' legal rights. They would also have to promptly delete illegal or unhealthy responses to postings.
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