-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Electronic Telegraph-Thursday 27 January 2000 Internet brought under Beijing's state secrecy law By David Rennie in Beijing CHINA has imposed Draconian controls on the internet, with all web sites to undergo security checks. The rules, issued by the National Bureau for Protecting Secrets yesterday, bring the internet under the umbrella of China's vaguely worded state secrecy laws, long used by the authorities to keep journalists and dissidents in check. In China, almost any information that has not been released through the official media can be deemed a state secret. The maximum penalty for disclosing such secrets is death. "All organisations and individuals are forbidden from releasing, discussing or transferring state secret information" through the internet, according to the new rules published in the Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily. All information posted on web sites must now be confirmed by the relevant authorities, unless it has already been published in the state press. Internet companies in China have long maintained a system of self-censorship, anxiously patrolling cyberspace discussion groups for the slightest hint of dissent. The new rules order internet service providers to fulfil their security obligations on pain of severe punishment and adopt supervision systems to watch for leaks. The internet rules form part of a continuing tightening of media controls, which were relaxed during the process of modernisation. The editor-in-chief of Southern Weekend, China's boldest newspaper, was removed from her position earlier this month, it emerged yesterday. Jiang Yiping was "transferred to other duties" after official complaints about her paper's reporting of corruption, social problems and even entertainment. One recent Southern Weekend article told internet users how to log on to "mirror" web sites and "proxy servers" overseas, to avoid Chinese blocks on sensitive web pages. Millions of "net-worms", as internet addicts are known in Chinese, have proved adept at side-stepping controls. Many official newspapers in China run internet editions which often print more daring material than their printed editions, posing problems for the watchdogs. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
