Communist China’s Information Office of the State Council continues to defend censorship of the Internet, justifying it as “protection,” where the “Chinese government plays the leading role in Internet administration.”
In the latest report by that government, it states that the Communist Chinese laws prohibit dissemination of “contents subverting state power, undermining national unity, infringing upon national honor and interests, inciting ethnic hatred and secession”
It also indicates that government control of the Internet is also an “indispensable requirement for protecting state security and the public interest,” and indicates that its policies for “secure information flow” require that “no organization or individual” is allowed to spread information “subverting state power and jeopardizing national unification; damaging state honor and interests…”
The Communist Chinese government also requires Internet providers to ensure “Internet security management systems and utilize technical measures to prevent the transmission of all types of illegal information.”
As to international concern over the Communist Chinese government’s Internet censorship, it states that “Concerns about Internet security of different countries should be fully respected. We should seek common ground and reserve differences, promote development through exchanges, and jointly protect international Internet security.”
Image Illustrating Internet Censorship (Photo: Voice of America)
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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights of equality and liberty for all people, including our rights to freedom of expression. We urge those who seek to deny such universal human rights to understand that when they deny such rights for some people, they attack such unqualified universal human rights for all people.
— R.E.A.L. reports on Totalitarianism
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