From: http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/chincrack.htm China In Major Crackdown On Internet http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=129305 1-28-2000 BEIJING (Agence France Presse) - China has brought in draconian measures to control the Internet because "immoral or unaware" people were leaking state secrets, the official China Daily reported Thursday. A State Bureau of Secrecy official told the paper regulations requiring all content going on the Web from China were to be approved by the state came after monitoring of the Internet revealed extensive leaks. "The rapid expansion of the Internet use and Web access has prompted immoral and unaware people to leak state secrets," said the official. He added that the "bureau is recording more and more cases of secrets disclosed electronically." The regulations announced on Wednesday were drawn up over a year by the bureau, and clamp almost blanket control on all information from China. "The regulations say that any information on a web site must pass a security check," said the newspaper. The regulations also make web site owners liable if "state secrets" are published on or through their sites, and e-mail account holders can also be found liable for transferring or copying state secrets. "Any Chinese information diffused on sites linked abroad must have received the authorization from departments responsible for preserving state secrets," said the rules. In China the definition of "state secret" is so broad it can cover virtually any piece of information. The maximum penalty for leaking state secrets is the death penalty. For example if details about the age or health of a Communist Party leader have not already been published, disseminating the information is a leak of state secrets. The regulations also demand that all web sites created in China must have authorization from the bureau. In addition, the official told the China Daily the regulations will require all China's Internet service providers to teach users about secrecy, and include secrecy clauses in their user contracts. The new rules are part of a raft of new regulations to control the Internet in China, and come just days after the official press announced Chinese Internet users quadrupled in 1999 to 8.9 million users. Beijing has already alarmed the foreign business community by issuing regulations demanding they reveal the type of encryption software they use to protect sensitive data transfers over the Internet. The encryption software is aimed at making it difficult for hackers to eavesdrop on electronic messages, but it inevitably makes it harder for governments to snoop on their work. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse) =====
From: http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/chincrack.htm China In Major Crackdown On Internet http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=129305 1-28-2000 BEIJING (Agence France Presse) - China has brought in draconian measures to control the Internet because "immoral or unaware" people were leaking state secrets, the official China Daily reported Thursday. A State Bureau of Secrecy official told the paper regulations requiring all content going on the Web from China were to be approved by the state came after monitoring of the Internet revealed extensive leaks. "The rapid expansion of the Internet use and Web access has prompted immoral and unaware people to leak state secrets," said the official. He added that the "bureau is recording more and more cases of secrets disclosed electronically." The regulations announced on Wednesday were drawn up over a year by the bureau, and clamp almost blanket control on all information from China. "The regulations say that any information on a web site must pass a security check," said the newspaper. The regulations also make web site owners liable if "state secrets" are published on or through their sites, and e-mail account holders can also be found liable for transferring or copying state secrets. "Any Chinese information diffused on sites linked abroad must have received the authorization from departments responsible for preserving state secrets," said the rules. In China the definition of "state secret" is so broad it can cover virtually any piece of information. The maximum penalty for leaking state secrets is the death penalty. For example if details about the age or health of a Communist Party leader have not already been published, disseminating the information is a leak of state secrets. The regulations also demand that all web sites created in China must have authorization from the bureau. In addition, the official told the China Daily the regulations will require all China's Internet service providers to teach users about secrecy, and include secrecy clauses in their user contracts. The new rules are part of a raft of new regulations to control the Internet in China, and come just days after the official press announced Chinese Internet users quadrupled in 1999 to 8.9 million users. Beijing has already alarmed the foreign business community by issuing regulations demanding they reveal the type of encryption software they use to protect sensitive data transfers over the Internet. The encryption software is aimed at making it difficult for hackers to eavesdrop on electronic messages, but it inevitably makes it harder for governments to snoop on their work. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the fastest and easiest way to backup your files and, access them from anywhere. Try @backup Free for 30 days. Click here for a chance to win a digital camera. http://click.egroups.com/1/337/4/_/1335/_/950077377/ -- Create a poll/survey for your group! -- http://www.egroups.com/vote?listname=endsecrecy&m=1
