China to put all blogs under state control

China plans tighter control of blogs and webcasts under a new Internet publishing law, state media on Tuesday quoted the country’s top media supervisor as saying. ‘Advanced network technologies such as blogging and webcasting have been mounting new challenges to the government’s ability to supervise the Internet,’ then official Xinhua news agency quoted Long Xinmin, the head of China’s Press and Publications Administration, as saying. The government is drafting a law to bring blogs and webcasts under Internet publication regulations to ensure a ‘more healthy and active Internet environment’, Long said. Long gave no details of specific measures but said the new law would ‘fully respect and protect Chinese citizens’ freedom of speech’, the agency said. LOL (The Jakarta Post via Asia Media,March 15, 2007)

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