Is China's Twitter Selling Its Soul To Censorship?
Posted in: Censorship at 17/06/2012 14:11
[China Times] Sina Weibo, one of China's most popular microblogging websites, announced last week the launch of the Sina Microblogging Community Convention in order "to defend the order of microblogging." That was the claim, at least, the reality is that it was just a ploy for giving the administrator the right to delete posts that may otherwise be destined to be censored by Chinese authorities, reports the China Times.
The regulation mainly involves the deletion of "security-endangering, false, sensitive information or rumors, as well as private or obscene information," the Taiwan-based publication reported. Any infringement will result in the deletion of information, and the temporary shut-down or permanent closure of the user's account.
http://worldcrunch.com/chinas-twitter-selling-its-soul-censorship/5551
