Domain Name Registration Rules: What Took You Guys So Long?

2009-12-18

Applications for registering domain names will face strict rules as the country intensifies its effort to fight against pornographic websites, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has announced Friday.

Applicants for domain name registration will be required to hand in written application forms, with a business license and the applicant's ID.

Liu Zhijiang, vice director of CNNIC confirmed the news saying that the administration was determined to screen the applicant’s qualifications strictly to stop individuals obtaining domain names using fake information. (China Daily)

Seriously, my first reaction to this new policy when it was announced last week was to wonder why it took so long to be passed. This is an obvious choke-point for government intervention and supervision of Net content. We've had registration rules for certain kinds of websites for almost ten years now, so going after ".cn" domains seems like a natural fit.
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