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Cyber Security Law of the People's Republic of China[0] give it a read. On the surface, it's like GDPR or other similar data regulation, but focus on different
by rqs 8y ago
Cyber Security Law of the People's Republic of China[0] give it a read. On the surface, it's like GDPR or other similar data regulation, but focus on different purpose.
The law basically gives the China government a legal foundation to block any service that does not comply with it, and most foreign service does not.
If you DO completely obey the law however, then you can operate in China. Amazon.com for example, can be accessed directly in China. But the law was very restrict and tricky, for most companies (Twitch for example) it's not worth the trouble.
(Maybe you don't know, China's game streaming service are heavily controlled: you could only stream few games that are selected by the platform. Streaming illegal game that is not approved by the authority (Battlefield for example) is not allowed and likely results a ban)
BTW: Do we have any international treaty that can prevent political censorship?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law
- dhnsmakala 8y agoThanks for the info. Yes, I read about a Chinese gaming company that was affected by these restrictions, so it could be that censorship is the end game. It's hard to ignore that US companies have lost hundreds of billions of dollars because they cannot operate in China, though.
- muricafirst 8y agoBut China goes around this, by harassing American tech companies which continue to operate in China. https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/05/01/chinese-police-raid-uber-office/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/05/01/chinese-police-raid-u... Even if American companies obey the law they will be blocked. Zuck has pleaded with China saying he will follow every censorship law there and still China won't unblock him. Visa and Mastercard too are blocked in China. What censorship law did they break?