From chachen@scf.usc.edu Sun Feb 25 23:27:42 1996 Xref: elastic soc.culture.china:8159 soc.culture.hongkong:3600 soc.culture.singapore:1247 soc.culture.taiwan:6959 talk.politics.china:9925 Path: elastic!exorcist!lethe!geac!onramp.ca!grumpy.insinc.net!news.bconnex.net!primus.ac.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!usenet From: chachen@scf.usc.edu (Gothic) Newsgroups: alt.chinese.computing,alt.chinese.fengshui,alt.chinese.story,alt.chinese.text,alt.chinese.text.big5,alt.chinese.text.flame,alt.chinese.text.hz,rec.games.chinese-chess,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.singapore,soc.culture.taiwan,talk.politics.china,usc.china,usc.org.ccc,usc.org.cssa,usc.org.tsa,alt.taiwan.republic Subject: China req. net user to reg. at police station Date: 20 Feb 1996 06:10:29 GMT Organization: USC Lines: 33 Sender: chachen@comserv-g-20.usc.edu Message-ID: <4gbokl$jq8@usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: comserv-g-20.usc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII China requires Internet users to register at police stations Reports from Germany say that the Chinese government will require all 40,000 Chinese Internet users to register at their local police station. In the last few months, China has launched a horrific crackdown on pornography, the Internet, and even foreign economic news. Related back messages are at: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=517 http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=576 http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=746 http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=994 http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=1110 -Declan // declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com // CHINA PUTS MORE CLAMPS ON INTERNET China has ordered all those who use the Internet and other international computer networks to register with the police within 30 days. The order, the latest move to control the flow of information, came in a circular issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua did not give a date by which current users must register, but said new users and those switching or terminating services must notify police within 30 days. Those who do not will be punished according to regulations on computer networks approved last month by the State Council, the Cabinet, Xinhua said. It was unclear how foreigners would be affected by the decree.