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Always read the comments: Beijing requires oversight of all reader-generated chat
The Register (UK) ^ | Mon 20 Jun 2022 | Simon Sharwood

Posted on 06/20/2022 5:30:20 AM PDT by Salman

The Cyberspace Administration of China has announced a policy requiring all comments made to websites to be approved before publication.

Outlined in a document published last Friday and titled "Provisions on the Administration of Internet Thread Commenting Services", the policy is aimed at making China's internet safer, and better represent citizens' interests. The Administration believes this can only happen if comments are reviewed so that only posts that promote socialist values and do not stir dissent make it online.

To stop the nasties being published, the policy outlines requirements for publishers to hire "a review and editing team suitable for the scale of services".

Those teams will be required to review each and every comment before it is published, and – if they detect "illegal and bad information" – report it to the Administration.

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(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; china; freespeech; internet; technotyranny
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Coming soon to USA? You know the Democrats want it.
1 posted on 06/20/2022 5:30:20 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Time to speak in code


2 posted on 06/20/2022 5:33:18 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: Pollard

Many here are prepared for this.

Or WERE, before all the tragic boating accidents.


3 posted on 06/20/2022 5:38:15 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Salman

Joe Biden is awesome! He is not an old and senile pedophile. The economy is fantastic. Read as opposite.


4 posted on 06/20/2022 5:38:26 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: Pollard

Your comment is denied as subversive and anti-socialist.


5 posted on 06/20/2022 5:41:59 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: Pollard

x = "socialism"
y = "is"
z = "horrible"
print(" ".join([x,y,z]))
6 posted on 06/20/2022 5:42:46 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Salman

Orwell is rolling in his grave.


7 posted on 06/20/2022 5:43:54 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I can see it now..

How do you make a /s in Chinese?


8 posted on 06/20/2022 5:45:52 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Salman

I realize that today you can program a computer to scan for key words and phrases and maybe with an AI you can do other things. But the problem of a billion people generating hundreds of comments a day will represent an overwhelming burden. The KGB and the East German intelligence agency recorded millions of hours of phone and regular household conversations. They had no way to evaluate any of it.

Of course, the mere knowledge that what they say is monitored will have a chilling effect.


9 posted on 06/20/2022 5:46:07 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry. )
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To: Salman

Where the EU got the idea...


10 posted on 06/20/2022 5:46:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Salman

It’s already here. Try to post on Twitter. The commies there and farcebook are probably worse than the chicoms. The only difference is they can’t put Americans to death yet for posting something they don’t like but I’d bet the left think they’re close to it.


11 posted on 06/20/2022 5:47:02 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Salman

Yahoo! has disabled comments on most articles in order to “provide a safe environment”. That doesn’t sound very inclusive to me. When they do allow you to comment and someone replies to you, I can never get back in to see or reply back. I’m blocked out.


12 posted on 06/20/2022 5:47:47 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Where is Biden leading us and what's with the hand basket?)
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To: Salman

the chinese communists seem to be copying the democrats who are “preserving democracy”


13 posted on 06/20/2022 5:51:13 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: tired&retired

/讽刺


14 posted on 06/20/2022 5:52:05 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Pollard

John has a long mustache.


15 posted on 06/20/2022 5:54:33 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Caipirabob

It’s also already here in the form of websites shutting down their comments section for fear of being cancelled by google ads, paypal, amazon web services etc.


16 posted on 06/20/2022 5:55:26 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: Salman

Sounds like twitter and facebook


17 posted on 06/20/2022 5:55:46 AM PDT by farmguy
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To: tired&retired

Go Bang don!


18 posted on 06/20/2022 5:56:05 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: shooter223

The chair is against the wall


19 posted on 06/20/2022 5:57:49 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: Salman

MSN is accepting comments on their site, but it is VERY moderated. Surprisingly, there is a lot of conservative stuff being posted along with the leftist loonacy.


20 posted on 06/20/2022 6:01:23 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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