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Central Internet regulator in China
China operates one of the world’s most elaborate internet control systems—the “Great Firewall”—that blocks tens of thousands of foreign websites and enforces real‑name and new internet identification ...
China launched a centralized “National Online Identity Authentication Public Service” that went into effect on July 15, 2025, issuing internet ID numbers and certificates after verifying users with of...
China’s internet censorship rests on a legal and institutional web that centers the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and laws such as the 2017 Cybersecurity Law; the state requires platforms a...
Chinese authorities have recently escalated enforcement against online misinformation and prohibited content, using new influencer credential rules, targeted campaigns and tightened cybersecurity law ...
China’s online rules rest on a web of laws — principally the Cybersecurity Law (CSL), the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), the Data Security Law (DSL) and the 2025 Network Data Security Man...
Documentary, investigative and intergovernmental reporting provides a multi‑pronged evidentiary record of human rights violations in the People’s Republic of China: detailed UN and NGO findings on mas...
China’s national digital ID — rolled out as the National Network/Internet ID or “Cyberspace ID” — is implemented through a mix of central regulation, local government data exchanges and mandatory tech...
Posting censored content in China can lead to criminal charges, detention, job loss and surveillance; activists and journalists have faced prison terms under charges such as “picking quarrels and prov...
China’s online rules expose individuals to criminal detention or fixed-term imprisonment—commonly up to three years and, for “very serious” cases, three to seven years—and platforms to heavy administr...
China’s internet censorship is implemented by a cluster of state bodies—most prominently the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Public Securit...
China’s internet rules have tightened across data security, AI content, platform competition and network access since 2022, with major instruments — the Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law and Person...