Internet companies are required to check user comments in China

Almaty. August 29. Silkroadnews – Internet companies have been ordered to check user comments in China, the RBC-Ukraine news portal reported.
In China Internet companies are required to check user comments before publication. The main Internet regulator of the PRC announced new rules for managing Internet forums and communities, banning anonymous network users from posting anything on Internet platforms. The new rules for publication of comments will take effect in a month, as of October 1, 2017, the report said.
The new regulations, as noted, will be valid for all online forums, communities and any other platforms providing for interactive communication. According to the regulations, all Internet companies and service providers must strictly manage all the content that registered users are going to publish, and verify the identity of all users before they can post anything on their platforms. As for those users who refuse to identify themselves, Internet companies should not allow them to post anything.
It is reported that the regulations prevent posting of the following content: posts contradicting the basic principles of the constitution; posts that can damage national security, disclose state secrets, undermine state power and undermine national reunification; posts that damage national honor and interests; posts containing incitement to national hatred, ethnic discrimination and undermining of national unity; posts undermining the state’s policy on religion; posts spreading rumors or disturbing public order; posts disseminating obscenity, pornography, violence, terror or incitement to a crime; posts containing insult or slander against others and infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of others; posts violating any other laws.
According to the publication, the new regulations require all Internet companies to verify information of their users and promptly report illegal behavior of users to regulatory authorities.