New laws needed as “China cannot keep up with technology”
SHANGHAI – The complex legal framework that regulates e-commerce activities in China will not be updated “for another five years”, according to Lin Junqiang, Deputy Director of the Information Centre...
View ArticleThe Problem of Porn
In the coming weeks and months, the government will begin to look into the different options it has in relation to the regulation of internet pornography. This move comes after pressure from some...
View ArticleInterview With Mr Lin Junqiang of the Chinese Central Government
As the online commerce market in China is rapidly expanding, businesses and consumers are demanding an update of the country’s complex regulatory framework. A range of decrees, regulations and...
View ArticleIs censorship the most effective response to ignorance?
On Monday, The Observer published an opinion piece by the notoriously controversial writer Julie Burchill. In it, Burchill engages in an extended rant defending her friend and fellow writer, Suzanne...
View ArticleWhy Facebook’s Ban on Boobs but Big Up for Beheading Sucks!
Heads or tails? Either, according to Facebook, just as long as it’s not tits. On Monday 21st October, and so just in time for Halloween, Facebook decided to lift its ban on beheading (well, images and...
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