Posts Tagged ‘anonymity’

China to force web users to reveal real names

May 7th, 2010

China may ban anonymous online comments. In a China Daily article yesterday, government spokesperson Wang Chen confirmed plans to implement a real-name registration system. Currently, people must register a username in order to post on all major news sites but the new measures will introduce “an identity authentication system for users of online bulletin board[s]”, as well comment posting. This will effectively make it easier for authorities to target those vocalising subversive opinions online.

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What’s in a name?

February 2nd, 2010

A lot, say the press and the Supreme Court agrees. Jen Robinson writes about the landmark decision that reversed an alarming trend of anonymity and ‘alphabet soup’ in the British justice system
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