CCP drops plan that would force netizens to use real names online

According to Mure Dickie at The Financial Times, “China has put aside proposals to force internet users to use their real names when signing up for blogging services – and will now merely encourage them to do so.”

Xinhua reports that decision was made due to objections from blog-hosting companies who were

worried that many users would be unwilling to register using their real identities. But Xinhua also made clear that the government was still concerned by blogs’ potential for “slander, abuse, pornography and breaches of secrecy”.

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