{"id":97187,"date":"2010-08-08T18:34:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=97187"},"modified":"2010-08-08T18:34:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:34:34","slug":"southern-weekend-%e2%80%9cmanaging-the-internet-using-laws-praiseworthy%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/08\/southern-weekend-%e2%80%9cmanaging-the-internet-using-laws-praiseworthy%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Weekend: \u201cManaging the Internet Using Laws: Praiseworthy!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chinageeks.org\/2010\/08\/southern-weekend-managing-the-internet-using-laws-praiseworthy\/\"><strong>ChinaGeeks translates <\/strong><\/a>an opinion piece from Southern Weekend:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cAs long as a post does not violate national laws, we won\u2019t delete it. As long as it\u2019s reasonable, we will respond quickly and accept it,\u201d said an officer of the Beijing PSB responsible for explaining police standards for their new microblog to the media.<\/p>\n<p>That an official microblog, especially one of such a powerful organ [of state power] could show such respect for [free] speech, respect for netizens, and not use any standards beyond the standard of whether or not something is legal, not using the judgements of the people involved as censorship standards \u2014 as long as it doesn\u2019t violate a law, no post can be deleted, regardless of whether it offends an involved party or department \u2014 what an exciting boundary that is!<\/p>\n<p>However, I\u2019m more interested in seeing this as a solemn promise from the Beijing PSB; it\u2019s not something that\u2019s currently true.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChinaGeeks translates an opinion piece from Southern Weekend: \u201cAs long as a post does not violate national laws, we won\u2019t delete it. 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