RIGHTS DEFENDERS CRITICIZE UPCOMING ROLLOUT OF NATIONAL INTERNET ID SYSTEM

Last summer, the Chinese government released a proposal for a national internet ID system. The proposal was met with strong opposition, which was heavily censored online. (See CDT’s past coverage for examples.) The final rules for this new system were then released in May of this year, will be implemented on July 15, and remain largely similar to the original draft that was widely criticized. As