China Calls for Global “Governance System” to Regulate Internet, Activist Warn Threat to Free Speech

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China Calls for Global “Governance System” to Regulate Internet, Activist Warn Threat to Free Speech

By CircleID Reporter
December 16, 2015, 7:01 pm PST Views: 5,439 Add Comment

Speaking at the the Second World Internet Conference, a government-organized conference attended by executives of global and Chinese Internet companies, Xi called for the creation of a global “governance system” to reflect the “wishes and interests of all countries.” He said that would help fight online crime and terrorism and promote “healthy development” of the Internet. On the eve of the conference, the human rights group Amnesty International appealed to technology companies to resist Chinese initiatives that might curb freedom of expression or worsen human rights abuses. “Under the guise of sovereignty and security, the Chinese authorities are trying to rewrite the rules of the Internet so censorship and surveillance become the norm everywhere,” said the group’s East Asia research director, Roseann Rife, in a statement. “This is an all-out assault on Internet freedoms.”

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