China tightens surveillance of Internet forums

[Renew Deal]

The Chinese government has tightened surveillance of Internet chat rooms and discussion forums ahead of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) meeting, which begins March 5 in Beijing, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The NPC is China's highest legislative body. A major focus of this year's meeting is consideration of a draft antisecession law aimed at curbing Taiwanese moves toward formal independence. Chat rooms and discussion boards on popular Web sites have been assigned security guards responsible for monitoring the content of messages and postings during the NPC session, Xinhua said. Messages submitted by users will be filtered and censored before appearing online.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/02/HNbriefs119_1.html?source=NLC-TB2005-03-02

[Stand and Fight]

1. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING. n/t

[Mizmoon]

2. I said something slightly negative about a Chinese policy

in a radio interview. After that my website was visited daily by something called "Central Information Services" located in Bejing.

Very scary.

[Renew Deal]

3. Where was the radio interview?

In the us? :scared:

[Mizmoon]

4. Australian Broadcasting Co.

Australian equivalent of the BBC.

[nolabels]

5. Maybe we should visit them , nothing like reciprocation

I guess I should be scared though, they might send more knockoffs of my favorite consumer goods in retaliation :scared:

[sweetheart]

6. DU should allocate a special forum for these chaps

Then the chinese posters can overflow on to a free speech environment
where their critical comments might be heard.... no chinese language,
but heck.

[Old and In the Way]

7. Last time I was there, I posted on DU.

I know 2 people that post here occasionally who live in the PRC. Just more bureaucratic baloney from the government. The cat's out of the bag and it's not going back in it...