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08-28-2017, 08:28 PM
Chinese internet users will no longer be able to post online anonymously
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More bad news for folks in China.
Chinese internet users will no longer be able to post comments online anonymously as of Oct. 1.
SEE ALSO: For China's censors, livestreaming is a huge headache (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/china-livestream-crackdown/)
The new ruling is the latest in the government's move to tighten control over internet usage in the country.
According to the Cyberspace Administration of China (http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/25/c_1121541481.htm), sites like social networks and discussion forums will have to verify the real identities of registered users before they can be allowed to post anything on their platforms.*
Comments on news stories will also have to be reviewed by the website before they can appear online, according to a report by the South China Morning Post (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108356/china-targets-illegal-information-online-comments). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/28/china-internet-users-comments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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More bad news for folks in China.
Chinese internet users will no longer be able to post comments online anonymously as of Oct. 1.
SEE ALSO: For China's censors, livestreaming is a huge headache (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/china-livestream-crackdown/)
The new ruling is the latest in the government's move to tighten control over internet usage in the country.
According to the Cyberspace Administration of China (http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/25/c_1121541481.htm), sites like social networks and discussion forums will have to verify the real identities of registered users before they can be allowed to post anything on their platforms.*
Comments on news stories will also have to be reviewed by the website before they can appear online, according to a report by the South China Morning Post (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2108356/china-targets-illegal-information-online-comments). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/28/china-internet-users-comments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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