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Our new Global Voices China blogger, Frank Dai, reports that the popular instant messaging service, QQ, is trying to require users to register with their real names and ID card numbers. Chinese bloggers are questioning the legality of this.
Frank will be on the case with updates.
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I did a piece on that: http://amygu.blogspot.com/2005/07/mediais-virtual-society-still-virtual.html
I guest it is just a first step.
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Posted by: Mary Anne Martin | January 09, 2006 at 08:12 PM
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Posted by: Oscar DeMaria | May 14, 2006 at 01:32 AM