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.

Thursday, June 09, 2016

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

公民身份证号重号人数已由171万人减至10人 (New program on household registration management has reduced number of people with duplicate personal IDs from 1.71 million to 10)
China News, June 8, 2016
http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20160608/22838390.html

网络租人平台, 不是法外之地 (Internet platforms for “renting people” are not beyond reach of the law)
Procuratorate Daily, June 8, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160608/20160608_006/20160608_006_4.htm