china’s central internet regulator is mulling a potentially years-long blacklist for people who spread internet rumors or violate other online rules as the government seeks to further curb what it considers bad behavior online.
a draft regulation released for public comment on july 22 by the cyberspace administration of china proposes restricting the internet access of users and providers of online information services that “fabricate, publish, or spread information that violates public morality, business ethics, or good faith” or deliberately provide technological assistance to those who do so.
those whose online misdemeanors result in the closure of their websites or the revocation of their business licenses may also be added to the list, the draft regulation adds.
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blacklisted individuals would generally be restricted from using the web, accessing online information services, or reentering the internet industry for three years, the draft regulation says.
however, depending on whether the individual rectifies their behavior and prevents their disinformation from spreading further, this period could be either shortened or extended by up to three more years, the proposal adds.
what’s more, in light of the new rumor-refuting initiative, a man in shanghai was detained over the weekend after spreading rumors about another person online.
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huang yiqing, chairman of super sports car club, made multiple posts about chinese entertainer zhou libo, indicating that shanghai police were serving as his ‘protective umbrella’ (a phrase used in regards to corruption).
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not too long ago, “cyber-dissident” huang qi, whose website documented human rights issues in the country, has been sentenced to 12 years’ jail for “leaking state secrets”.
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the mianyang intermediate people’s court in sichuan province handed down the sentence for huang, who suffers from chronic kidney disease, on monday morning, for “illegally leaking state secrets” and “providing state secrets to foreign entities”, a notice on its official website said.
the website was awarded a reporters without borders prize in 2016, but huang was detained weeks later in chengdu.
chinese authorities have been known to clamp down on people who spread information online deemed false, malicious or threatening.
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on thursday, a rights lawyer is appealing a decision by authorities in east china’s shandong province to revoke his legal license due to “improper remarks on the internet” regarding the country’s judicial system. li denies that his posts are illegal.
according to chinese law, online rumormongers whose posts are viewed by more than 5,000 internet users or reposted more than 500 times can land themselves in jail.
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additionally, people who circulate false information about disasters can face prison sentences of between three and seven years.
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