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| Subject: China passes ‘draconian’ cyber security law: Controversial bill is criticized for violating freedom of speech Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:28 am | |
| China has today passed a controversial cybersecurity bill, tightening restrictions on online freedom of speech.
The bill also imposes new rules on online service providers, raising concerns it is further cloistering its heavily controlled internet. The legislation, passed by China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament and set to take effect in June 2017, is an ‘objective need’ of China as a major internet power, a parliament official said. Amnesty International, however, said it was ‘draconian’ measure that violates people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
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