U.S., Chinese governments fight to take over internet, stepping up censorship and government control

Thursday, March 26, 2015
By Paul Martin

by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, March 26, 2015

When it comes to freedom of speech and expression, as an American, one wouldn’t think that the U.S. government and the Chinese government would treat them the same.

In the United States, the Constitution – the nation’s founding document – recognizes speech and expression as a fundamental human right, divinely endowed and not subject to government permission. Protests are not simply tolerated they are encouraged. Government redress is a basic right. Speaking out against those in power is as American as it gets.

In authoritarian China, of course, the opposite is true: Speech is tightly controlled and regulated. Chinese citizens have little redress with their government, protests are essentially banned, and anyone deemed too critical of the state is hauled off to jail.

‘Department of the Internet’

The most innovative form of communication since the telephone – the Internet – is also tightly controlled in China. In fact, in late February some of China’s largest Internet firms deleted tens of thousands of online accounts because, as Reuters reported, “their names did not conform to regulations” that took effect at the end of the month.

China’s top Internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), said that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd, Baidu Inc., and Sina Corp. affiliate Weibo Corp., among others, deleted more than 60,000 accounts in a bid aimed at “rectifying” online names.

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