Global Security Watch > (Chinese) Authorities declare war on unregistered websites and blogs

LibertyNews.org[LibertyNews.org] A China-based blogger told Reporters Without Borders on condition of anonymity that the Shanghai police recently rendered his website inaccessible because it had not been registered. He then phoned the MII to ask what he had to do in order to register, and was told that in his case it was “not worth bothering” because “there was no chance of an independent blog getting permission to publish.”

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

http://www.asiapundit.com [asiapundit] china blog crackdown: The "Night Crawler," it seems, is only targeting China based IP addresses, which means that Chinese blogs hosted outside the country cannot (presently) be targeted. However, the Great Firewall prevents many from accessing free blog-hosting sites such as blogger,and a nonconvertible currency and lack of foreign-currency credit cards prevents many Chinese from buying hosting.

Daily Pundit[Daily Pundit] All we want is your complete identifying information...: A China-based blogger told Reporters Without Borders on condition of anonymity that the Shanghai police recently rendered his website inaccessible because it had not been registered. He then phoned the MII to ask what he had to do in order to register, and was told that in his case it was "not worth bothering" because "there was no chance of an independent blog getting permission to publish."

Global Voices Onlinehttp://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices [ Global Voices Online] Threat to Chinese blogs: A China-based blogger told Reporters Without Borders on condition of anonymity that the Shanghai police recently rendered his website inaccessible because it had not been registered. He then phoned the MII [Ministry of Information Industry] to ask what he had to do in order to register, and was told that in his case it was “not worth bothering” because “there was no chance of an independent blog getting permission to publish.”

http://www.leadandgold.blogspot.com [Leadandgold.blogspot.com] Lead and Gold: Energy, confidence, conviction, self-nomination: traits that are ideal for writing memorable posts quickly. The problem is that such bloggers-- because they don't "accept suggestions" and are loath to admit mistakes-- will keep propounding their version despite new evidence dug up by others. The real power of blogs to facilitate collaboration gets stifled when this type of blogger becomes a key interpreter of a story or issue.

http://www.greghughes.net [Greghughes.net] greg hughes - dot - net - Thursday, 09 December 2004: I run my weblog on dasBlog, a .NET application that I installed, customized and run on ... For the record, so are other online hosted services like Blogger. ...

http://www.greghughes.net [Greghughes.net] greg hughes - dot - net - Friday, 10 December 2004: I run my weblog on dasBlog, a .NET application that I installed, customized and run on ... For the record, so are other online hosted services like Blogger. ...

http://www.greghughes.net [Greghughes.net] greg hughes - dot - net - Saturday, 11 December 2004: I run my weblog on dasBlog, a .NET application that I installed, customized and run on ... For the record, so are other online hosted services like Blogger. ...

http://www.greghughes.net [Greghughes.net] greg hughes - dot - net - Sunday, 12 December 2004: I run my weblog on dasBlog, a .NET application that I installed, customized and run on ... For the record, so are other online hosted services like Blogger. ...

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