The logo of Sina Corp's Chinese microblog website 'Weibo' Photo: REUTERSChina Moves To Control Sina Weibo Social Network With Real Names -- The Telegraph
Hundreds of millions of Chinese faced being silenced on the country's social networks, including Sina's Weibo, after the government brought in new rules to track people across the web.
Anyone wishing to post on one of China's networks, including the enormously popular Sina Weibo (way-bore), must now register with their real names, allowing the government to easily find them if they write anything contentious.
By Friday afternoon, only 19 million of the 250 million users of Sina Weibo had registered, according to a counter on the company's website. Later in the day, the counter was disabled and Sina did not respond to requests for updated figures.
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My Comment: I can never understand government fears over privacy .... that they have to know who you even if you are a nobody with no influence or power.
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