China will close down unregistered websites

[rpm]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1119620701730B255

If I am not mistaken the registration of websites in SA is also on the cards...

 

[w1z4rd]

Haha, the great firewall of china. Man, I dunno which is worse. Telkom or the Chinese Government

 

[rpm]

Iran tightens Web control

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/06/23/iran.censorship.ap/index.html

 

[Celemasiko]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1119620701730B255

If I am not mistaken the registration of websites in SA is also on the cards...

What you mean with that? Registering a domain, will that not be enough?

 

[w1z4rd]

Anyone heard the info that the government is planning to filter emails or something like that? apparently theyre trying to/have? passed a bill that whenever you send an email, a copy gets cc`d to the government. I dont know how much of this is right, so if anyone knows any info could they please let me know,

 

[Darth Garth]

Anyone heard the info that the government is planning to filter emails or something like that? apparently theyre trying to/have? passed a bill that whenever you send an email, a copy gets cc`d to the government. I dont know how much of this is right, so if anyone knows any info could they please let me know,

Oh my word ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... are you really so gullible ???? .

 

[w1z4rd]

dude, i actually didnt think about this until rpm mentioned that all websites are going to have to be possibly bre regsitered in SA.

I wonder waht the legalities to this would be?

Say I have a .co.za but its hosted in the states... would it have to be registered?

 

[Clipse]

MAAAAAAAYBE in US, not in SA. We live in SA, ignore the US!

 

[lilgindauk]

Yeeah i hate the Yanks! good one mate!

 

[Darth Garth]

dude, i actually didnt think about this until rpm mentioned that all websites are going to have to be possibly bre regsitered in SA.

Offcourse local websites have to be registered with the relevant domain naming authority as appointed by IANA otherwise how the heck are DNS going to be updated ???.

And unlike China we have a constitution that is worth something which protects your privacy and freedom of speech.

 

[w1z4rd]

uhuh *blink*

 

[Turtle]

Anyone heard the info that the government is planning to filter emails or something like that? apparently theyre trying to/have? passed a bill that whenever you send an email, a copy gets cc`d to the government.

This was discussed previously here ..

 

[Turtle]

Offcourse local websites have to be registered with the relevant domain naming authority as appointed by IANA otherwise how the heck are DNS going to be updated ???

We're not talking about domain name registration, but any South African who creates a website ... this 'rumour' came up as I understand it due to overly broad wording in the draft convergence bill recently; this was discussed here.