China's Web regulation

[Randy W]

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An editorial from the Global Times

 

Web regulation in public's best interest

 

Many countries are trying to regulate their Internet services. Under pressure from public opinion, many well-known websites are becoming more self-disciplined. For example, Facebook has started to provide training for its website regulators to help identify and delete inappropriate remarks. In Turkey, where chaos and turmoil are running rampant, the Turkish government criticized social media as the top threat. Similar denouncements have also been heard from the British Parliament.

The variety of Internet content and its various developments in different social contexts are making the Internet a "no man's land" where a uniform regulatory policy cannot be formed. Different countries have to choose different policies according to their own actual needs to protect their public interests.

 

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Some claim that any regulation of the Internet is an anti-democratic effort. This deceptive voice has gained support from Western public opinion, which makes China's regulation of the Internet encounter more resistance than in other countries.

China's mainstream society needs to form a firm consensus that such regulation is necessary for Chinese society.

 

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Through the Internet, Chinese people are becoming more knowledgeable about democracy and freedom. Although this virtual community has bred some political and moral traps, Internet regulation has to be carried out until those spreading adverse remarks fear the strength of the public interest.

 

 

[Fu Lai]

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