Technology firms in anti-terrorism pledge
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TWENTY-FIVE Chinese technology companies have signed a pledge to counter online images and information that promote terrorism, the Internet regulator said yesterday, months after China passed a new anti-terrorism law.
The Cyberspace Administration of China said the companies had promised to “handle in a timely way terror-related harmful, illegal information, create a clear Internet space and maintain social stability.”
The companies which have signed up include Baidu Inc, Tencent Holdings Ltd, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, JD.com and Sina Corp, the regulator said.
So far this year, it said that more than 25,000 posts, 4,000 videos and 200 accounts involving illegal, terror-related content had been removed from the Internet.
China passed the anti-terrorism law in December. Among other things, it requires technology firms to help decrypt information and cooperate with the government in fighting terrorism.
Some critics claim that the government uses counter-terror and national security regulations to “quell free speech” but China says it is simply doing what Western nations do in asking technology firms to help fight terror.
China says it faces serious threats from terror groups such as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which operates in the northwest’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where hundreds have died in terrorist attacks in recent years.
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