China - Microblogging websites to recruit censors to step up pressure on netizens

Reporters without borders

The ranks of China's censors are visibly growing along with measures aimed at monitoring the public's communications and personal data. The authorities have just announced that China's microblogging websites – sites offering Twitter-style services – will be told to appoint “self-discipline commissioners” to be responsible for censorship. In a parallel development, the authorities have announced that, to combat curb mobile phone spam and fraud, anyone wanting to buy a mobile phone that uses (...)

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