The Chinese government backtracked and returned to enable registration of Internet domains themselves (. Cn, China's identity) to individuals, but agreed to submit applications to more restrictions.
According to the official newspaper today released "Global Times", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology again recognizes individuals as qualified operators of sites, "only three months to prevent a law limiting companies records and businesses.
However, to achieve government approval, individuals must present identity documents and pass a personal interview with the authorities.
The Information Center of China Internet Network (CNNIC, by its initials in English), the Chinese regulator of this sector, legislation enacted in December to deny the individual the right to have your own domain, after a controversy over the abundance of pornographic sites and contacts with Chinese rule.
The newspaper Southern Metropolis ", based in Canton, considered the measure hit a million people and forced the closure of 100,000 web pages.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reported that the new registration proposal is a step backwards for freedom of the network in China.
"The name of fighting pornography does not hold. The aim is to tighten political control and cause users to censor themselves face to face with his critics. What surfer would dare criticize the regime after meeting with the person who can put behind bars for a word wrong? "lamented the association in a statement.
China has the largest number of Internet users in the world, some 384 million, but also the country with the most sophisticated censorship in the network to remove content that upset the communist regime.
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