China To Put Blogs Under State Control
China’s top media supervisor says that the country is planning tighter control of blogs and webcasts under a new Internet publishing law.
At the end of 2006, China had an estimated 20.8 million bloggers of whom 3.15 million were active writers.
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:43 am
Wow! Blogging is sure taking the world by storm. I guess China doesn’t recognize anything similar to “freedom of speech.” However, I feel it is inevitable that legislation will be implemented soon, in all countries, regarding the Internet.
May 18th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
china is not a democracy so i am not surprised by their move..