According to media reports, the new measures took effect after online criticism of the Chinese government. The next rules were published last week in a document titled “Regulation on the Administration of Online Comment Services.” This isn’t the first time the government has tried to regulate the internet. For example, a law was passed last year that allowed minors to play video games for only one hour on weekends.

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According to the new law:

• All websites must manually review and approve each comment before posting it. This innovation will require individuals and companies operating websites in China to retain a “review and editing team suitable for review”.
• In case of detection of violations, the list of which is determined by law, moderators should notify the relevant authorities.
• Any site that provides comments functionality to users must identify users – collect real names, surnames and other personal data to which the page will link.

well will fight the anonymous criticism that the ruling party fears so much. Today, many sites in China are blocked because they prevent citizens from accessing information. The country also blocks VPN services that allow bypassing. It is banned by all other non-Chinese search engines except Google and Bing and Russian Yandex. Unavailable Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and even Tinder. You cannot use Vimeo, Netflix, Amazon Prime, SoundCloud, Hulu, Spotify, Playstation and TikTok – instead of the latter, a censored counterpart called Douyin is working. This isn’t exactly a squeak.

Numerous news agencies are also closed to citizens. These are mostly well-known Western publications that actively cover the regime’s crimes against the Uighurs, censorship, human rights violations in China, and more. Even the BBC’s Chinese service was blocked.