China looking to tighten control over internet access

Governments have always tried their hand at controlling the internet and the information that users posted. Some claim it is due to national security, while others approach it from an intellectual property angle, although in the case of China, word has it that due to the number of its citizens posting exposés about the country's government and the alleged corruption underlying it, senior members of China's National People's Congress have begun to consider a bill in which users are required to report their real names to internet and telecom companies.

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