China tightens internet rules

China has approved strict new rules that require internet users nationwide to provide real-name identification, state media reported.

The National People's Congress (NPC), the country's legislature, adopted the measures at a meeting on Friday, the official Xinhua news agency and other media said.

According to Xinhua, the decision, which came at the end of a five-day session of the NPC Standing Committee, requires internet users to offer their...

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Do you think access to the Internet should be monitored? Governments around the world are trying to manage the use citizens make of this technology. In China, there are more than 500,000,000 Internet users and the Chinese government has approved a new system of identification for Internet use.