China Requiring You To Submit Photo ID To The Gov't If You Want To Create A Website
from the that'll-work dept
This isn't really a surprise given China's massive internet censorship ("Great Firewall") efforts, but apparently the Chinese government is now requiring anyone who wants to set up a website in the country to submit their identity cards and photos of themselves before they can build a site. Oh yeah, plus they have to meet with gov't regulators to get approval to register and set up a website. In other words, the crackdown is spreading... though plenty of folks in China appear to be getting around these new rules by setting up websites outside of China. In the meantime, what a way to kill the sort of entrepreneurial web spirit you need: imagine how many internet sites would never get created if they first required approval by a government bureaucrat?
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Good Lord!
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Don't worry COMING SOON TO YOU
makes ya wonder don't it.
takes picture a my ass and hands it over
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I expect it's just a tool that they'll use as a pretext to throw "dissidents" in jail for posting comments on youtube, rather than clarifying and then adhering to the actual text of the law.
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Apply for website
Where is that SarcMark when I need it.
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Now for the US
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At least they are open about it.
Microsoft on the other hand, cooperates fully with the law enforcement agents and even have a "spy manual" :)
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so?
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interesting...
I'm interested in hearing more pros and cons.
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Imagine That!
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