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censorship: censorship: DOCUMENTARY </ READING PASSAGE China has imposed new rules and regulations on Internet news sites in an attempt to further ...
censorship
DOCUMENTARY
</ READING PASSAGE
China has imposed new rules and regulations on Internet news sites in an attempt to further control the content put out by news agencies and other news websites. Authorities say the new measures will "satisfy the public demand for receiving news and information from the Internet as well as safeguard public interest," according to official news agency Xinhua. China’s proactive and bulging Internet police department will block sites that are contrary to public interest and are not “conducive to social progress”. This extends to educational websites containing news such as Breaking News English.com, which was blocked earlier this year. The Ministry of Information said it will “standardize the management of…information” and allow only “healthy and civilized news” online. China’s rapidly growing population of Internet users is the second largest in the world at 100 million, surpassed only by the United States, which has 135 million. The Web has quickly emerged as an influential and primary source of news from around the globe, which is cause for alarm for the government. It now requires domestic news sites to only post news on current events and politics but did not stipulate what kind of news is acceptable. The Associated Press reports the Chinese government: “encourages Internet use for education and business, [but] also keeps an extremely tight rein over online content, usually blocking material it deems subversive or pornographic.” Chinese “netizens” must now register their websites and blogs as well as enter their official identity card numbers when visiting Internet cafes.
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EXERCISE
</ READING PASSAGE
China has imposed new rules and regulations on Internet news sites in an attempt to further control the content put out by news agencies and other news websites. Authorities say the new measures will "satisfy the public demand for receiving news and information from the Internet as well as safeguard public interest," according to official news agency Xinhua. China’s proactive and bulging Internet police department will block sites that are contrary to public interest and are not “conducive to social progress”. This extends to educational websites containing news such as Breaking News English.com, which was blocked earlier this year. The Ministry of Information said it will “standardize the management of…information” and allow only “healthy and civilized news” online. China’s rapidly growing population of Internet users is the second largest in the world at 100 million, surpassed only by the United States, which has 135 million. The Web has quickly emerged as an influential and primary source of news from around the globe, which is cause for alarm for the government. It now requires domestic news sites to only post news on current events and politics but did not stipulate what kind of news is acceptable. The Associated Press reports the Chinese government: “encourages Internet use for education and business, [but] also keeps an extremely tight rein over online content, usually blocking material it deems subversive or pornographic.” Chinese “netizens” must now register their websites and blogs as well as enter their official identity card numbers when visiting Internet cafes.
EXERCISE
1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
| a. | China has imposed new rules and regulations on Internet news sites. | T / F |
| b. | Authorities say the public is not satisfied with the news it receives. | T / F |
| c. | China will also block educational websites with news content. |
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