China Wants Absolute Authority of Internet User
China Wants Absolute Authority of Internet User
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WUZHEN - President of China, Xi Jinping calls every country should have absolute authority over their internet policy. He also confirmed the importance of freedom and order in the virtual space.
"We must respect the personal rights of states to regulate their virtual space. No country worth pursuing virtual hegemony or interference in the domestic affairs of other countries," Xi said in a speech opening the meeting of the forum held by the government, on Wednesday (16/12).
China is known to censor content in the link industrious considered sensitive politically and insulate several pages as well as some west giant Internet providers, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google.
"As in the real world, freedom and order are both important in the virtual world. Freedom is the reason for the creation of order, and order are guarantees of freedom. We must allow the user to express his ideas, and we should also establish order in the virtual world according to the law, as this would help protect the basic rights and interests of all Internet users," said Xi.
This policy is one facet of Beijing tight restrictions on freedom of expression. Human rights groups say the government uses the issue of national security as a pretext against political dissidents.
The conference was attended by a number of leading figures from countries that are also criticized for freedom opinion records, including the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
American studies center report Freedom House in October showed that China's Internet policy is the most restrictive, of the 65 countries studied in the research. Position under the Iran and Syria. China has nearly 700 million Internet users, twice the population of the United States.
"We must respect the personal rights of states to regulate their virtual space. No country worth pursuing virtual hegemony or interference in the domestic affairs of other countries," Xi said in a speech opening the meeting of the forum held by the government, on Wednesday (16/12).
China is known to censor content in the link industrious considered sensitive politically and insulate several pages as well as some west giant Internet providers, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google.
"As in the real world, freedom and order are both important in the virtual world. Freedom is the reason for the creation of order, and order are guarantees of freedom. We must allow the user to express his ideas, and we should also establish order in the virtual world according to the law, as this would help protect the basic rights and interests of all Internet users," said Xi.
This policy is one facet of Beijing tight restrictions on freedom of expression. Human rights groups say the government uses the issue of national security as a pretext against political dissidents.
The conference was attended by a number of leading figures from countries that are also criticized for freedom opinion records, including the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
American studies center report Freedom House in October showed that China's Internet policy is the most restrictive, of the 65 countries studied in the research. Position under the Iran and Syria. China has nearly 700 million Internet users, twice the population of the United States.
(rnz)
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