DAY9:government says No to Internet control

Last week, Luoyang (used to be the capital for over one thousand years) government made out a notification: all actions to investigate identities of internet users should be forbidden, irrelevant departments have no right to get information from net companies.

This is the first time that a local government puts forward a promise to protect privacy and speech freedom in internet. Though some still doubted its sincerity, most net users welcomed the notification.

Luoyang government has been a pioneer among its peers. The mayor himself often went online for public perspectives, and problems reflected on internet could often get a quick solution. He appointed specific faculty to answer questions from netizens and set up online office.

Luoyang, a city of thousands of years