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China Announces Crackdown on Religious Content on the Web

58 points by theduder99 5y ago

__void 5y ago
good luck china, December 8 was celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the dissolution of the last socialist state to make this same move ...
theduder99 5y ago
The Measures follows complaints by President Xi Jinping that prohibitions against using the Internet to “advertise” religion are easily eluded, and more should be done to make sure that the Internet and social networks are not used as tools for “religious propaganda.” The Measures require an “Internet Religious Information Service License,” which can only be granted to organizations part of the five authorized religions (since they should be “legally established,” which is only possible within the five government-controlled organization), to disseminate religious content via the Internet. Any other reference to religion on the web is declared illegal.
- ozymandias12 5y ago
  Looks pretty fair to me. Kinda jealous actually.
  - _-david-_ 5y ago
    Would it be fair if the country you live in passes a law saying you can only have 1 of 5 political views and your views aren't included?
    - tasogare 5y ago
  - _8j50 5y ago
    So long as your belief makes the list?
- suifbwish 5y ago
  I read that it is suspected Xi Jinping is actually just a CIA/Mossad plant who is conducting a social experiment to see what people are willing to put up with before they overthrow their government.
fatcat500 5y ago
makes you wonder what’s so threatening about religion that they want to ban it… maybe because in totalitarian systems, the state is the source of moral truth?
- yeetaccount4 5y ago
  Last I heard the dalai lama no longer has authorization to reincarnate. (I’m not joking)
  - robbedpeter 5y ago
    Oh, he does, he's graciously been allowed to reincarnate as a Han Chinese boy born to a family that staunchly supports the CCP and integration of Tibet with China.
  - suifbwish 5y ago
    It’s the pope and antipope; soon they will be excommunicating eachother
- thedudeabides5 5y ago
  while the US was having our Civil War, China was having their own called the Taiping Rebellion after a local had a dream he was the brother of Christ and (temporarily) founded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion Oh, and this 'rebellion' cost up to 1000x the lives (50m) as the much more talked about Opium Wars (<50k)
  - cdot2 5y ago
    And Europe had the Thirty Years War but we dont crackdown on religion because of it
    - malermeister 5y ago
      Maybe we should've?
livinglist 5y ago
As a Chinese who grew up in China until 18, I can tell you that I barely have seen anybody that’s religious in China before…

58 points by theduder99 5y ago

good luck china, December 8 was celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the dissolution of the last socialist state to make this same move ...

theduder99 5y ago

The Measures follows complaints by President Xi Jinping that prohibitions against using the Internet to “advertise” religion are easily eluded, and more should be done to make sure that the Internet and social networks are not used as tools for “religious propaganda.” The Measures require an “Internet Religious Information Service License,” which can only be granted to organizations part of the five authorized religions (since they should be “legally established,” which is only possible within the five government-controlled organization), to disseminate religious content via the Internet. Any other reference to religion on the web is declared illegal.

ozymandias12 5y ago
Looks pretty fair to me. Kinda jealous actually.
- _-david-_ 5y ago
  Would it be fair if the country you live in passes a law saying you can only have 1 of 5 political views and your views aren't included?
  - tasogare 5y ago
- _8j50 5y ago
  So long as your belief makes the list?
suifbwish 5y ago
I read that it is suspected Xi Jinping is actually just a CIA/Mossad plant who is conducting a social experiment to see what people are willing to put up with before they overthrow their government.

fatcat500 5y ago

makes you wonder what’s so threatening about religion that they want to ban it… maybe because in totalitarian systems, the state is the source of moral truth?

yeetaccount4 5y ago
Last I heard the dalai lama no longer has authorization to reincarnate. (I’m not joking)
- robbedpeter 5y ago
  Oh, he does, he's graciously been allowed to reincarnate as a Han Chinese boy born to a family that staunchly supports the CCP and integration of Tibet with China.
- suifbwish 5y ago
  It’s the pope and antipope; soon they will be excommunicating eachother
thedudeabides5 5y ago
while the US was having our Civil War, China was having their own called the Taiping Rebellion after a local had a dream he was the brother of Christ and (temporarily) founded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion Oh, and this 'rebellion' cost up to 1000x the lives (50m) as the much more talked about Opium Wars (<50k)
- cdot2 5y ago
  And Europe had the Thirty Years War but we dont crackdown on religion because of it
  - malermeister 5y ago
    Maybe we should've?

livinglist 5y ago

As a Chinese who grew up in China until 18, I can tell you that I barely have seen anybody that’s religious in China before…