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China starts asking new cellphone users for ID

FAC September 1, 2010

The Chinese government started to implement a long-discussed measure that requires cellphone subscribers to register their identities when setting up an account, prompting concerns over privacy in the world’s largest mobile market. The Wall Street Journal September 1, 2010 By Loretta Chao BEIJING—The measure went into effect Wednesday, with customer service representatives at mobile operators China Mobile Ltd., China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. and China Telecom Corp. informing customers that new users would be required

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Shutdown of blogging site sparks dispute

FAC July 21, 2010

A free blogging site, Blogetery.com, went dark less than two weeks ago, and its disappearance is stirring controversy about the obligations of Internet services and threats to free speech on the Web. New York Times July 21, 2010 By Steve Lohr Visitors to Blogetery, which says it housed 73,000 blogs, now find a page that is blank except for a brief message saying “our server was terminated without any notification or explanation.” It directs browsers

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Groups try to block law written to shield children on Internet

FAC July 16, 2010

Days after the state toughened up a law aimed at protecting children from offensive material online, advocacy groups moved to strike it down, saying the new law is too broad and cannot be enforced. The Boston Globe July 15, 2010 By John M. Guilfoil The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and a coalition of booksellers and website publishers filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to block a new state law that went into effect on

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China seeks to reduce Internet users’ anonymity

FAC July 13, 2010

As part of China’s Internet “real name system,” forum moderators would have to use their real names as would users of online bulletin boards.  Anonymous comments on news stories would be removed. – SMD News July 13, 2010 By AP BEIJING — A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China’s portion of cyberspace, calling for new rules to require people to use their real names when buying a mobile phone or

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China Renews Google’s License

FAC July 12, 2010

Google said that Beijing agreed to renew the company’s license to operate a Web site in mainland China, months after Google said it would stop censoring search results in China. Google’s challenge of Beijing’s authority, which followed a series of sophisticated online attacks which Google said originated in China, put into question Google’s ability to do any business in the world’s largest Internet market. Google’s chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, said Friday that the renewal

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