background

It is generally believed that the source of the Internet real-name registration system in the People's Republic of China is Li Xiguang, a journalism professor in Tsinghua University. When he talked about the news reform in the south in 2002, he suggested that "China People's Congress should ban anyone from being anonymous online". He believes that the network should also be strictly protected by copyright and intellectual property rights. "At the same time, writing things online should bear legal responsibility." "Including traditional media, we should advocate publishing articles with real names instead of pseudonyms. ... publishing things under a pseudonym is irresponsible to the public. "

His remarks caused an uproar on the Internet, which was called "Li Xiguang Incident". Although after a period of intense debate, but then no corresponding measures, things will go away. Later, Li Xiguang himself said that he had lost interest in the topic of online real name. "It is very unrealistic to ban network anonymity, which is not feasible in law and technology."

Relevant laws

Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services (DecreeNo. 10). The State Council Decree No.292)

Measures for the Administration of the Filing of Non-operating Internet Information Services (Order No.33 of the Ministry of Information Industry)

development status

Since 2003, the management departments of Internet cafes all over the country have asked all customers who surf the Internet in Internet cafes to provide ID cards, register their real names and apply for one-card and IC cards on the grounds of preventing minors from entering Internet cafes.

On May 13, 2004, internet society of china issued the Internet E-mail Service Specification (draft for comments), which first proposed the real-name registration system, and emphasized that e-mail service providers should require customers to submit real customer information, which will be the standard for judging the ownership of e-mail services. [September 26th] The China Youth Network Association, headed by the China * * * production party group, set up a game professional committee, and decided to set up a national youth gamers' club in China in the coming year, laying the foundation for the implementation of real-name registration system in online games.

In February 2005, the Ministry of Information Industry, together with relevant departments, required all domestic website sponsors to register through IDC and ISP, which provide access, hosting and content services for websites, or log on to the website of the Ministry of Information Industry for filing. Whether it is a website of an enterprise, institution or individual, a valid ID number must be provided at the time of filing. The Communications Administration will temporarily close websites that have not reported relevant information to the filing management system before 24: 00 on June 30, and notify relevant access service providers to temporarily stop their access services. The relevant person in charge of the Telecommunications Administration of the Ministry of Information Industry urged that websites that were temporarily closed must go through filing procedures before 24: 00 on July 10, otherwise they will be closed.

In 2004, the Ministry of Education of China issued "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Management of Campus Network in Colleges and Universities", which clearly put forward that the real-name registration system should be implemented in the educational network of colleges and universities, and became an important basis for the Ministry of Education of China to audit domestic universities. By March, 2005, a group of BBS of major universities, headed by Tsinghua University Shuimu Tsinghua BBS, had become a communication platform under the real-name registration system.

On July 20th, 2005, Tencent, the largest instant messaging company in China, announced that it would sort out Tencent's Internet public information service and register the founders and administrators of QQ group with their real names according to shenzhen public's notice on cleaning up and renovating Internet public information service places and cooperating with relevant domestic departments. At this time, the media reported the situation of South Korean network real-name registration system, so Tencent's move was widely regarded as "a prelude to the full implementation of network real-name registration system in China".

On July 22, 2005, Xinhuanet said that from July 22 to the end of September, Shenzhen police in China will carry out a three-month clean-up and rectification of online public information service places. Among them, the police will register BBS and BBS moderators with their real names and check their ID numbers. On August 5th, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Information Industry of China jointly issued "Several Opinions on the Development and Management of Online Games". The opinion draft is called "Killing monsters and leveling" to prevent minors from indulging in online games, and requires that "PK leveling games (relying on PK to improve their level) should log in through ID cards, implement game real-name registration system, and refuse minors to log in".

debate

Supporters believe that "the most attractive place of the network is not' anonymity', but communication is more convenient and fast." . Some people think that real-name is beneficial to clear all kinds of junk information on the Internet, increase the credibility of information and trust among netizens, and "create a more harmonious network culture".

Opponents believe that "the charm of the network lies in' anonymity'. In the network, everyone can express their opinions freely. As for anonymous defamation or illegal speech, it can be solved through technical means. " Many people quoted the title of a cartoon in 1993 New Yorker magazine, "On the Internet, no one knows that you are a dog", as their reason for opposition.

Some people think that it should be "dualism". "Real-name registration system can be required on some large regular websites to increase the credibility of information; Some small forums are not required, leaving a space for everyone to "water" at will. "

Some people think that due to the diversity of society and the openness of the network, the online real-name registration system itself is difficult to adapt to the network era, so it is not operable and becomes a mere formality. In fact, it is difficult to achieve real names in reality. Take the real name of Internet cafes as an example. In order to avoid the trouble for each new user to input user information, Internet cafe operators often use some registered IC cards as "temporary" cards in advance for users to use. Another example is QQ group real name registration. In fact, you only need to choose one input from email, ID number and mobile phone number. Due to the existence of a large number of free email services and anonymous mobile phone card services, this registration is actually invalid.