China’s biggest microblogging service is unveiling a new set of guidelines that controversial aims to officially limit what users can post online.
Sina into Weibo circuit, Twitter-like service with over 300 million users, has been under Government pressure increased in the last few months more aggressively censor the contents.
Earlier this week, launching a broad contract users who, among other things, prohibit the posting of material that is “not true,” “threatens the nation’s honor,” “promote the teachings are evil, or” destroy the stability of society. “
Many web users in China has reacted negatively to the guidelines, said they would limit freedom of speech. But others said the contract, which will be held later this month, just put in writing the restrictions are already in place.
Chad Catacchio, bloggers who follow China-based technology story, saying that the move can be even viewed positively, as it represents the rare step of more transparency in the Chinese world often subjective Internet censorship.
“This type of rule has been around for a while on the Internet in China, so I won’t say anything in the contract is always a surprise,” said Catacchio. “I think one thing that on the positive side is that those who put it into writing the public, but what it means and if it is good for the user, which is yet to be seen.”
Sina into Weibo circuit, which already employs a large “team controls the rumour”, recently pledged to work more with Government censors to squash the rumors came out online.
Last month, it is among the few Chinese microblog service convicted by the Chinese Government for failing to adequately limit false rumors of political coup.
China’s massive network of Internet censorship, nicknamed the Great Firewall of China, has been working overtime in recent months as the date of a once-in-a-decade transition the leadership of the Communist Party of the closer.
In March, Beijing introduced new rules that require all users to register using a microblog names of their own, in an effort to better control what is posted online. But many countries microblog service should strive to enforce the rules.
Popular Western Social Media websites like Facebook and Twitter is blocked in China.
some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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