Freedom of speech on the Internet

White Paper: Chinese citizens enjoy full freedom of speech on the internet according to law

China's citizens enjoy the internet and have full freedom of speech, according to a white paper on the state of the Internet, released 8th by the State Council's information office.

The white paper states that the Constitution of the People's Republic of China gives citizens the right to freedom of speech. Chinese citizens ' freedom of expression on the Internet is protected by law, and citizens can make their speeches online in various forms. Online communication activity is a major feature of China's Internet development, forum posts, blog posts are very large, in other countries in the world are unimaginable.

The white paper says China's web site is very focused on providing online services to internet users, and about 80% of websites offer electronic bulletin services. China's existing million forums, 220 million blog users, according to sampling statistics, every day people through the forum, news comments, blogs and other channels to express 300多万条, more than 66% of Chinese netizens often on the internet to make comments on a variety of topics to discuss, fully express the ideas and interests of the appeal.

The white paper says new Internet applications provide a broader space for people to express their views. New Internet services, such as blogs, micro-blogs, video-sharing, social networking sites, have developed rapidly in China, providing more convenient conditions for Chinese citizens to communicate over the Internet. Netizens actively participate in online information dissemination, participation in online content creation, greatly enriching the information content on the Internet.

The White paper also said that the Chinese government is actively promoting the improvement of relevant legislation and Internet Enterprise service standards, and constantly improve the personal privacy protection system for citizens online. The decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the maintenance of Internet security stipulates that illegal interception, tampering, deletion of others ' mails or other data, infringement of the freedom of communication and communication secrets of citizens, constitute a crime, and investigate criminal responsibility according to the relevant provisions of the criminal law. According to the Internet industry self-discipline norms, Internet service providers have the responsibility to protect the privacy of users, in the provision of services should disclose the relevant privacy commitment to provide violations of privacy reporting channels, take effective measures to protect personal privacy.