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China's Internet administration has issued an edict that any platform that allows users to post comments must register their real-world identities first. The South China Morning Post spotted this note (in Chinese*) from the Cyberspace Administration of China, which imposes the requirement that users post comments under their …

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  1. mark l 2 Silver badge

    Google have a similar requirement already, try registering for a new Gmail account without providing a telephone number. They will allow you to register but then after a period between a few minutes and a few hours you will get a message saying "Google has detected some unusual activity on your account and needs you to provide further verification" and you won't be able to login until you verify it using a mobile phone number.

    Sure you can in the UK still get pre-paid sim cards without providing ID to remain anonymous but how long before they close that backdoor to.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    What will happen to the lot of Anonymous Cowards on this forum then?

    AC just because.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: What will happen to the lot of Anonymous Cowards?

      Well, this Mrs. Coward's kid is *not* going to change his/her name!

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    2. chivo243 Silver badge
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      You mean there is more than one AC?!!! Yikes! I thought you were unemployed and bored...

      Yes, my coat with Wang Min's ID in the pocket.

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  3. Daedalus

    Remember Wen

    They say that paging someone with a name like Zhang Li in China will get you more responses than you can shake your little red book at. It's hard to see how "real names" works in a country where so many people have the same name.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Here comes the surge in Identity Theft

    Get it right, Mr President, this policy forces people to provide a valid identity, not their own valid identity.

    Not that China cares much about the victims of crimes.

    AC because I can.

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  5. Throatwarbler Mangrove Silver badge
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    But it's pronounced . . .

    Raymond Luxury Yacht.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Solidarity Through Obscurity

    Stand up and Refuse to be counted !

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  7. Anonymous Coward
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    Cat videos +

    “pornographic, false advertising, bloody violence, insulting slander, disclosure of personal privacy and other illegal information”.

    There's the Internet in a nut shell.

    Regards

    Jenny Talia

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  8. Potemkine! Silver badge

    Anonymity is a shield against the tyranny of the majority

    Then there's is no surprise it's forbidden to stay anonymous in China, where dissenting is not an option unless you want to discover what life in Laogai is like

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  9. RyokuMas
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    Colour me curious...

    While I fully support privacy, I must admit being very curious about the actual identities of some of the commentards on here, and who they work for...

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Colour me curious...

      "and who they work for..."

      Some of us are retired - no PHBs and free to graze anywhere. As a retired colleague once said "I don't know how I ever fitted work into the daily schedule".

      Even some stories from the past still need to be unattributable to previous employments.

      The nice thing about AC is that every post has to be judged on its own merits.

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  10. TheElder

    Real names?

    Please hold your arm next to the chip reader.

    The money in your pocket will also do just fine.

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  11. TheElder

    I admit being curious about the identities of some...

    Even if you knew my real name you will not find me on the net anywhere.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: I admit being curious about the identities of some...

      If you knew my real name you'd discover there are many hundreds of us, some very highly placed. Not me but some of them are. Others work with naked women every day, also not me...

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  12. Anonymous Coward
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    It's a sign...

    ... they must be running low on organ donors.

    PS. Over my dead body will they introduce that kind of policy here!

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