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China to Impose Real Name Policy for Online Comments

Posted on August 29, 2017 by pogowasright.org

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

The Cyberspace Administration of China has mandated that starting October 1, all online services will have to verify the identity of people posting comments on their platforms.

The decision refers to all sorts of written content, from comments on news stories to status messages on social networks. This also includes comments posted on real-time content, such as live video broadcasts or chat rooms.

Read more on BleepingComputer.

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