The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

脸书首次发布各国政府索取信息报告 (Facebook issues first report on various governments’ requests for information)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/08/130827_facebook_gov_request.shtml

See report:
Global Government Requests Report
https://www.facebook.com/about/government_requests/

海南网站签署坚守“七条底线”自律公约 (Major Hainan websites agree to "seven bottom-lines" by signing self-censorship agreement)
Hainan Net, August 28, 2013
http://media.people.com.cn/n/2013/0828/c40606-22724766.html