China Releases New Internet Rules That tightens Internet Use And Online Comments

                  The Asian country of China on Wednesday issued new rules that tightened Internet use. The new rules require users to register their real names and barring online material that challenges the country’s political system.

The rules were issued on wednesday and are said to be official efforts to block use of virtual private networks to circumvent Chinese Internet filters.

The new rules apply to blogs, online discussion forums and other forums that allow Chinese to express themselves in public.

Internet companies are required to confirm the identities of their users and that people who post materials that challenge state power or national unity will lose their accounts.