The Chinese government has introduced a bill that would increase Internet censorship in country. The proposed rules would allow the government to ban web domains that are not approved by "local authorities". This could include ".com" extremely common and ".org" domains.
The regulations allow only sites approved and supervised by the government. Providers should ask the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for approval of these before web addresses would be allowed. This increases the government's ability to monitor and control the Chinese Internet.
If these rules are adopted, the government will not grant access to sites on a "white list", as opposed to the current method of the blacklist specific sites to refuse. This change would greatly increase censorship, and even cause "harmless" Web sites to block. The new laws extend the existing regulations in place as early 04.
In a quote from the Japan Times, "The domain name system will work in the background for your every single click on the browser while the great Firewall blocks content outside, "said Yip." If this trend continues, we can predict that the Chinese network will soon become a large intranet, totally controlled by the big brother of a network. " The authority can block all domain name servers outside China (Great Firewall) and allow only national domain name servers to serve requests from Chinese Internet users. "
The government is seeking comments on laws, which may be subjected to April 25. It is not yet clear how they apply it to areas outside the country.
the China has a long history of censorship on the Internet, and if adopted new rules that would tighten the grip. as a company dedicated to a free and open Internet, we are firmly opposed to censorship in China and elsewhere, we hope that these bills are not passed You can find out more about censorship in China here Or read the full draft Regulation
updated: April 7, 2016 -.. is being reported that many Chinese citizens take advantage of the public comment period mentioned above, and expressing frustration with the increasing blocking of websites through the great firewall. This is remarkable because it comes from those who "usually avoid confrontation." users are unhappy with the proposal of the law to block the outside areas of China and censorship increasingly global.
Sources: Japan Times and Quartz and CBS News and the Wall Street Journal
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