China Moving to Real Name Registrations for Blogs

dptalia writes "China is moving to require people to use their real names when blogging. The proposed solution, arrived at by the Internet Society of China (affiliated with the ministry of information) would allow bloggers to use a pseudonym when blogging as long as they used their real name when registering."

oblig

[Digitus1337]

I'm sure that there is a "Laung Wang" joke in there somewhere.

Re:oblig

[IcyNeko]

Are you kidding? Sum Yun Gai all the way.

Mountains Out Of Molehills

[thelifter]

I feel bad for the Chinese government. I mean with all the free trade and stuff they're barely even communist anymore. You may call stunts like this "repression". I call it China staying in touch with it's roots. Remember the chairman. (A single tear falls)

Re:oblig

[Bing Tsher E]

I'm willing to bet nobody will have the guts to register as Liu Shiochi or Chou Enlai (sp?)

Re:It's a different society.

[regular_gonzalez]

Not exactly. It is 100% legal and easy to bypass either. For phone calls, if you feel your personal line is insecure, buy a 'pay as you go' cell phone and register it with made up info. Online, there are darknets and proxies aplenty to keep you as anonymous as you choose. Both of these solutions are completely legal.

Re:It's a different society.

[bunions]

Dear Lumpy,

Please don't be on my side.

Sincerely,

bunions