GoDaddy to halt domain name registration in China
Internet domain supplier GoDaddy has decided to stop registering sites in China because of a new legislation passed by the country's government that requires registrants to provide significantly more information about them than before. GoDaddy's stance is that it will not support the new Chinese law which it believes to be far too intrusive and aimed at enabling better monitorization of content posted and the people who run sites.
Beside the 'usual' data required for registering a .cn domain name, the Chinese legislation imposes people to provide a head-and-shoulders photo of themselves, various business identification information and to sign a paper form.
"We were immediately concerned about the motives behind the increased level of registrant verification being required," said Christine N. Jones, general counsel of the Go Daddy Group. "The intent of the procedures appeared, to us, to be based on a desire by the Chinese authorities to exercise increased control over the subject matter of domain name registrations by Chinese nationals."
Earlier this week Google angered Chinese authorities by refusing to continue with the censorship of search results, after some four years of compliance. Between Google and GoDaddy, this all seems like a a good step towards a real opposition of China's laws which limit citizen freedom. Now let's see who's joining the fight...
Internet domain supplier GoDaddy has decided to stop registering sites in China because of a new legislation passed by the country's government that requires registrants to provide significantly more information about them than before. GoDaddy's stance is that it will not support the new Chinese law which it believes to be far too intrusive and aimed at enabling better monitorization of content posted and the people who run sites.
Beside the 'usual' data required for registering a .cn domain name, the Chinese legislation imposes people to provide a head-and-shoulders photo of themselves, various business identification information and to sign a paper form.
"We were immediately concerned about the motives behind the increased level of registrant verification being required," said Christine N. Jones, general counsel of the Go Daddy Group. "The intent of the procedures appeared, to us, to be based on a desire by the Chinese authorities to exercise increased control over the subject matter of domain name registrations by Chinese nationals."
Earlier this week Google angered Chinese authorities by refusing to continue with the censorship of search results, after some four years of compliance. Between Google and GoDaddy, this all seems like a a good step towards a real opposition of China's laws which limit citizen freedom. Now let's see who's joining the fight...
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