How can you tell that the right to speak anonymously is (as the U.S. Supreme Court says) an essential component of the right to free speech?
Easy: China wants to get rid of it. ESWN translates an article from the Chinese press:
Easy: China wants to get rid of it. ESWN translates an article from the Chinese press:
Several tens of millions of Chinese bloggers are concerned about the fate of their blogs. On October 31, this reporter learned that the real-name blogger registration system is about to enter on the agenda list of the Ministry of Information Industry. This means that there is a chance that test trials of the real-name blogger registration system will be held soon.Spoken like a true totalitarian. Of course, the real danger Chinese bloggers face comes not from telling lies, but from telling the truth.
...The provincial research department deputy director Li Houqiang told the media: "If you don't trample on other people's right to speech and you don't engage in activities outside of the law, you should not be afraid of using your real name. If you don't tell lies, you won't have a guilty conscience and you'll have nothing to be afraid of."
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