China clamps down on Internet [CNN]

[Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>]

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>                      CHINA CLAMPS NEW CONTROLS ON INTERNET
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>      Web posted at: 3:13 a.m. EST (0813 GMT)
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>      BEIJING (Reuters) -- China clamped sweeping new controls on the
>      Internet on Tuesday, warning that the network was being used to leak
>      state secrets and to spread "harmful information."
>      
>      Regulations unveiled by Zhu Entao, Assistant Minister for Public
>      Security, cover a wide range of crimes, including leaking state
>      secrets, political subversion and spreading pornography and
>      violence.
>      
>      The rules are also designed to protect against computer hacking,
>      viruses and other computer-related crime.
>      
>      They call for unspecified "criminal punishments" and fines of up to
>      15,000 yuan ($1,800) for Internet providers and users who violate
>      the rules -- both individuals and business organisations.

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>      The regulations explicitly cover information circulating from Hong
>      Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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