According to the new draft, any company or individual that runs a website in China needs to hire ‘a review and editing team suitable for the scale of services to improve the professional quality of reviews and editors.
The new comment moderators will have to check every single comment before it is published online and flag any potentially illegal and bad information to China’s administration in a timely manner.
The proposed draft also mentions the punishment associated with violations. Previously, the regulation only stated that “relevant authorities would take actions on service providers that violate the rules, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations”.
The new rule revisions are open for public feedback until July 1, 2022.
This is not the first time that the Chinese government has tried to tighten its grip on the internet. Last year, it passed a law that prevented online gamers under the age of 18 from playing games for more than three hours a week.
Many popular social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, and more as well as other famous sites and streaming services such as Google, Netflix, Gmail, BBC, and more are too blocked in China.
