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Real-name registration: China's website clampdown

Source: The Guardian
Shanghai : China | 3 months ago  
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News websites in China have begun requiring new users to register their true identities before allowing them to post comments – a move rejected by internet companies and users in the past. The world's largest internet population – with about 340 million users – is heavily policed but tends to...
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