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China Censorship

China’s New Internet Regulations for Minors: Out With Virtual Currency and “Unwholesome” Gaming

by Jamie Block | 3:08 pm, June 22nd

A new Internet policy in web-using juggernaut China could affect the online gaming experience of many Chinese minors, defined as anyone under age 18. The two new policies call for an end to virtual currency availability to minors, except in games themselves, and for online games to be moral and limit the hours people can play them to an acceptable amount. And they demand all this in extremely vague terms.

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Censorship and License Lapses: Is Google Really About to Pull Out of China?

by Robert Quigley | 9:43 am, March 16th

This past weekend, the Financial Times caused a stir when it reported that there was a “99.9 per cent chance” that Google was going to pull out of China, according to a Google insider. Now, despite official denials, Google is dropping hints left and right that it actually intends to do so.

To the left: it appears that Google has stopped censoring some of the content that it has for years, including the infamous photo of the man blocking the tank during the protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989. (Reproduced in Google.cn image search results, above.)  To the right: last night, Google missed a deadline to reregister as an Internet Content Provider in China, a necessary designation under Chinese law to provide search services within the country.

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