Chinese Internet Censorship Document 2018 June 03

I found this reference in the G&M to an unpublished Chinese document about internet censorship, so I contacted the author for a reference, which he provided. As these are pictures and not text it is more difficult to translate. When I have more time I will try to translate all the pages.

I cannot have one of my Chinese friends translate this as this would get them into a lot of trouble with the Chinese government.

Unpublished Chinese censorship document reveals sweeping effort to eradicate online political content

互联网直播服务信息内容管理要求 Internet broadcast service information content management requirements
http://www.lawinfochina.com/display.aspx?id=22901&lib=law
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2016-11/04/c_1119847629.htm

‘Any company could die overnight’: China’s online services struggle with rising censorship demands

“The Chinese government has good intentions in imposing these restrictions on content,” he said.

“They do it out of concern for people’s safety and social harmony. Their actions are beyond reproach.”

Nathan VanderKlippe

http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2152347/chinas-cybersecurity-law-biased-and-open-abuse-it-may

These Chinese guidelines change all the time and are difficult to pin down for anyone, including Chinese internet content providers.

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 1-2

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 1-2


一,严禁出现政治有害信息。主要包括: 一是 政治谣言类信息,主要包括攻击污冕党和国家领导人,使用现任或原任党和国家领导人及其家属姓名(含变异词),头像设立帐号,搬运境外有害信息,猜测妄议人事安排,炮制所谓“内部机密”
等:二是

互联网直播服务信息内容管理要求
Internet live broadcast service information content management requirements

一,严禁出现政治有害信息。主要包括:一是政治谣言类信息主要包括攻击污蔑党和国家领导人,使用现任或原任党和国家领导人及其家属姓名(含变异词),头像设立账号,搬运境外有害信息,猜测妄议人事安排,炮制所谓“内部机密”等;二是攻击诋毁我制度路线方针政策类信息,主要包括反对党的领导和基本路线,反对四项基本原则及一国两制大政方针,以西方标准裁剪衡量中国制度,9国道路,发布质疑或攻击我国政治制度和经济政策言论等;三是煽动性,行动性信息,主要包括放大利益群体诉求,煽动上访,集会,罢工等行动性信息,挑拨社会矛盾,慢动“颜色革命”“徙头政治”以及“藏独”“东突”“台独”港独“”法轮功”“民运”等;四是歪曲党史国史军史类信息,主丧包括策划播出历史虚无主义内容,如曲解,丑化,,或已有定论历史事件等;五是宣扬错误思潮类信息;六是恶意攻击我外事外交类信息

二,严禁炒作敏感社会话题。主要包括:一是涉突发事件类信息,主要包括编造事故,疫情,警情,险情,或臆测,夸大事件后果引发社会恐慌等;二是涉经济金融类信息,主要包括借股市,楼市等经济热点问题,捏造数据,妄议政策,干扰经济金融秩序等;三是涉环境保护类信息,主要包括针对群

1, it is strictly forbidden to have politically harmful information. Mainly include: First, political rumors mainly include attacking filthy party and state leaders, using the names of current or former party and state leaders and their families (including variants), setting up accounts for avatars, and carrying harmful information outside the country, guessing 妄Arrange the personnel arrangement, concoct the so-called “internal secrets”, etc. Second, attack and defame the system policy of the system, including the opposition party’s leadership and basic line, oppose the four basic principles and the principle of one country, two systems, and measure the Chinese system with Western standards. , the nine-nation road, issued a question or attack on China’s political system and economic policy speech; The third is inflammatory and action-oriented information, which mainly includes amplifying interest groups, inciting petitions, gatherings, strikes and other action-oriented information, provoking social contradictions, slowing the “color revolution”, “migration politics” and “Tibet independence” and “East Turkistan”. Taiwan independence, “Hong Kong independence”, “Falungong” and “democracy movement”; the fourth is to distort the history of the history of the party history, including the planning of broadcasting historical nihilism, such as misinterpretation, ugly, or historical events; It is to promote the wrong trend of information; the sixth is to maliciously attack my foreign affairs and diplomatic information.

2, It is strictly forbidden to speculate on sensitive social topics. It mainly includes: First, information related to emergencies, including fabrication of accidents, epidemics, alarms, dangers, or speculations. The exaggeration of the consequences of the incident caused social panic; the second is economic and financial information, mainly including economic issues such as the stock market, the property market, etc., fabricating data, discussing policies, interfering with economic and financial order, etc. Including group

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 3-4

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 3-4


众关心,社会关注度高的雾霾,水源保护,土地污染等话题,编造,夸大,散布所谓调查结果,事件起因,后果危害等;四是涉热点案件类信息,主要包括针对司法个案,臆测案件细节,散播所谓“内慕”,煽动群众不满情绪,干扰司法公正等有害信息。

三,严禁出现涉军事秘密和军警制服类信息。主要包括:涉军事装备,军事训练和部队营区等情况;明示或者暗示自己是军队人员;主播或用户昵称,头像,简介带有涉军内容;着现役和历代军服以及其标致服饰(包括仿制服饰)或以其为道未获得相关部门许可,以个人名义提供的其他国家公务人司法,工商,税务,海关,城管员制服类直播内容(如公安,等)等违规信息。

四,严禁发布色情低俗信息。主要包括:使用淫秽色情文字,图片或描述作为昵称,头像和简介;发布带有淫乱,猥亵或以暗示,隐喻等方式包装“擦迪”内容;以床(,或沙发等为道具或背景;刻意暴露身体敏感部位;以赤膊,纹身,杀马特,黑社会等为造型;有色诱挑逗性动作等低俗搞怪“蹈”;以任何形式公布个人联系方式(含社交平台账号,电话,邮箱,地址等),诱导用户跨平台从事色情等违法违规交易;以”黑社会人员”自居,组建所谓“网络帮派”,鼓动粉丝与其它“帮派”吵架对骂,约架斗殴;污言秽语,抽烟喝酒,吸毒,博彩,低俗喊麦(含模仿此类行为的内容)等有害信息。

Concerns, social smog, water source protection, land pollution and other topics, fabricating, exaggerating, disseminating so-called survey results, incident causes, consequences and harms; fourth, information on hot cases, mainly including judicial cases, speculation The details of the case spread the so-called “inner”, inciting mass dissatisfaction and interfering with harmful information such as judicial justice.

3, it is strictly forbidden to have information on military secrets and military uniforms. Mainly include: military equipment, military training and military camps; express or implied that they are military personnel; anchor or user nickname, avatar, brief introduction with military content; active and historical military uniforms and their Peugeot clothing (including imitation clothing) Or it is not authorized by the relevant department to provide illegal information such as judicial, industrial and commercial, taxation, customs, and urban management uniforms (such as public security, etc.) in other countries.

4, it is strictly forbidden to publish pornographic information. Mainly include: using obscene pornography, pictures or descriptions as nicknames, avatars and profiles; publishing with fornication, swearing or implied, metaphor, etc. to package “wiping” content; using a bed (or sofa) as a prop or background; Deliberately expose sensitive parts of the body; shirtless, tattooed, killing Matt, underworld, etc.; tempting and provocative actions such as vulgarity and “fun”; publishing personal contact information in any form (including social platform account, phone, email, address) Etc.) Inducing users to engage in pornographic and other illegal and illegal transactions across platforms; to “black-skinned personnel” to form their own so-called “network gangs”, to encourage fans to quarrel with other “gangs”, to fight against each other; to swear words, smoke and drink, Drug abuse, gambling, and vulgar shouting wheat (including content that mimics such behavior) and other harmful information.

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 5-8

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 5-8


五,严禁出现暴力血腥行为。主包括:发布渲染校园力,鼓动青少年辍学,犯罪内容;宣扬洸血冲突,自残或自杀。易引发心理不适的战争,事故,手术,暴力恐怖,危险实验。捕杀保护动物等场景类内容;使用刀具,器械等实施明显暴力性质内容;以“硬气功“”铁布衫”等形式进行手擂咽喉,喉顶刀抢利器等表演;以场景再乳,动作棋仿,言语描述等形式呈现暴力血腥内容和细节,教唆网民如何实施暴力行为和从事危险游戏等有害信息。

六,严禁开展封建迷信活动,主要包括:宣扬邪教和封建迷信的占星,占卜,算命,看相,看风水,跳大神,装扮“大仙”“半仙”等内容;以任何形式的招募“宗教信徒”活动;具有教唆,流脑嫌疑的所谓“精神抚慰”,或通过所谓“超能力”“神功”等方式宣扬和灌输迷信思想,骗取钱财等有害信it。

七,严禁过度炒作娱乐八卦。主要包括:发布过度炒作明星隐私,丑闻,绯闻,奢靡生活方式等有违社会公德的内容;将娱乐话题关联政治,经济,社会敏感热点问题或将娱乐话题泛政治化,泛意识形态化;宣扬“金钱至上“”名利至上”“不劳而获“等有悖主流价值观的内容;通过丑化恶搞,嘲讽戏谑,人身攻击等方式,迎合部分网民低级趣味而提供的过度娱乐化内容等有害信息。

八,严禁出现荒诞惊悚行为,主要包括:发布以“猎奇”

5. Violent bloody behavior is strictly forbidden. The main includes: publishing the rendering of campus power, encouraging young people to drop out of school, criminal content; promoting bloody conflicts, self-harm or suicide. Wars, accidents, surgery, violent terror, and dangerous experiments that are prone to psychological discomfort. Killing and protecting scenes such as animals; using knives, instruments, etc. to implement obvious violent nature; using the “hard qigong” “iron cloth shirt” and other forms of handcuffs, throat and knife to steal sharps and other performances; Chess imitation, verbal descriptions, etc. present violent bloody content and details, and teach netizens how to implement violent behavior and engage in dangerous games and other harmful information.

6, it is strictly forbidden to carry out feudal superstition activities, including: astrology to promote cults and feudal superstitions, divination, fortune telling, watching, watching feng shui, jumping the gods, dressing up as “Da Xian” and “half immortal”; recruiting “religion in any form” “Believers” activities; so-called “mental soothing” with instigation and suspicion, or through the so-called “super power” and “magic power” to promote and inculcate superstitious thoughts, defrauding money and other harmful letters.

7, it is strictly forbidden to excessively hype entertainment gossip. Mainly include: publishing excessively hyped star privacy, scandals, scandals, extravagant lifestyles and other content that violates social morality; linking entertainment topics to political, economic, socially sensitive hot issues or pan-politicalization of entertainment topics, pan-ideology; “Money is supreme”, “Fame and fortune”, “Nothing to gain” and other content with mainstream values; through ugly spoofs, ridicule, ridicule, personal attacks, etc., to cater to the harmful content of excessive entertainment content provided by some netizens’ low-level fun.

8. It is strictly forbidden to have absurd and horrifying behaviors, including: publishing “hunting”

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 9-10

Unpublished Chinese Internet Censorship document, from Nathan VanderKlippe, pp 9-10


“蹭热点”为噱头的低俗搞怪内容;生吃活物,吞吃异物,虐待动物等违背社会主流价值观内容;制造或传播妖魔鬼怪,灵异事件,刻意渲染荒唐怪谬,悬疑惊悚等恐怖氛围;宣扬“伪科学””伪命题”等思想;恶意造谣传谣,造成网民恐慌不安情绪等有害信息。

九,严禁开展非法营销活动,主要包括:发布涉枪支弹药。危爆材料,管制刀具,毒品等违禁物品;违规发布海淘产品香烟,医疗,药品,医疗器械,保健食品等广告;无相关资质电商直播平台,主播提供的任何形式和全类产品营销活动等有害信息。

十,严禁未授权开展相关直播服务主要包括:未取得相关部门许可或授权,擅自开展政治,经济,军事,外交,社会突发事件等互联网新闻信息和社会团体文化活动,体育赛事等实况视音频节目直播服务,严禁发布其他违反国家法律,行政法规,部门规章,规范性文件等有关规定内容。

“蹭 hot spot” is the vulgar content of Shantou; eating raw things, swallowing foreign bodies, cruelly killing animals, etc. against the mainstream values ​​of society; making or spreading demons and ghosts, spiritual events, deliberately rendering ridiculous quirks, suspense and other horror atmospheres; “Pseudo-science” “pseudo-proposition” and other ideas; malicious rumors and rumors, causing netizens to panic and other emotional and other harmful information.

9. It is strictly forbidden to carry out illegal marketing activities, including: the release of firearms and ammunition. Explosive materials, controlled knives, drugs and other prohibited items; illegal release of Haitao products cigarettes, medical, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, health food and other advertising; no relevant qualifications e-commerce live platform, the host provides any form and full range of product marketing activities And other harmful information.

10. It is strictly forbidden to carry out relevant live broadcast services mainly including: without obtaining permission or authorization from relevant departments, conducting political news, economic, military, diplomatic, social emergencies and other Internet news information and social group cultural activities, sports events, etc. Audio program live broadcast service, it is strictly forbidden to issue other violations of national laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules, regulatory documents and other relevant provisions.

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