Global Voices Online founder Rebecca MacKinnon spoke at the ongoing TEDGlobal conference about cultivating the “citizen-centric” evolution of the Internet. She argues that “the relationship between...
The China Daily reports that underground internet cafes are the new target for a planned police crackdown in rural areas: “Illegal Internet bars are harming left-behind rural teenagers that lack parental care because...
Sina Corp., which operates China’s most popular Internet portal, will acquire the country’s largest digital advertiser, Focus Media. From The Wall Street Journal: Under the new deal, Shanghai-based Focus Media...
From Radio Netherlands Wordwide: “It’s the hundreds of thousands of Chinese bloggers who are the most reliable eyes and ears in China,” says Xiao Qiang , professor of journalism at the University of California...
Danwei reports that the government is soliciting opinions on the new self-discipline pledge for bloggers: While the draft doesn’t break new ground in the realm of Internet regulation, it is significant for two reasons. First, the Chinese government appears to have abandoned mandatory real name registration ” at least for the time being ” and […]
From Asia Media: The South China Morning Post reports that the semi-official Internet Society of China released on its website yesterday a draft voluntary code of conduct for public feedbacks. Under the code, bloggers must agree not to post messages containing unhealthy, illegal, pornographic, defamatory or false information that may infringe on others’ legal rights. […]
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