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China backing off mandatory blogger identity registration
The Xinhua news agency is reporting that the Chinese government looks set to back down from its long-held intention to impose strict real-name registration for the country's 20 million bloggers after outcries from the industry. In a draft self-discipline code for blog services published by the Internet Society of China (ISC) on Tuesday, real-name registration is only to be "encouraged" instead of being made compulsory.
Related posts on Ars Technica and Tech Law Prof Blog. [JH]
May 30, 2007 in Blog Law | Permalink
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