A proposal for cybersecurity legislation has experts up in arms over what they say vague provisions that would give the government legal basis for shutting off the Internet.
就網絡安全法草案,多位專家圍繞著可限制網絡通信的立法依據展開了討論。
At a forum on July 27, Wang Sixin, a law professor at Communication University, said he is concerned the proposed law would give the government too much control over the Internet. Wang said policymakers should offer detailed guidelines for when authorities can limit access to the Internet.
在7月27日舉行的論壇會上,中國傳媒大學法律教授王四新稱,這項草案將讓政府對互聯網進行更加嚴厲的控制。王稱,法律制定者應該對何時限制網絡通信提供細則。
One part of the proposed bill says officials can shut down the Internet to "to maintain national security and social order or to deal with large-scale riots."
此草案稱,因維護國家安全和社會公共秩序,或是在處理大規模暴亂事件上,有關部門可以對網絡通信進行限制。
Shen Yi, a professor of international politics at Fudan University in Shanghai, said that the government has already issued Internet blackouts in the past, but that the law would codify that power.
復旦大學國際政治學系教授沈逸介紹稱,實施網絡限制措施地方早有操作,草案將這一實踐以法律形式明確下來。
The draft law also contains clauses which state that Internet service providers must maintain national security and assist in criminal investigations.
此草案的有關條款還包括,互聯網服務提供商必須維持國家安全與穩定,協助犯罪調查。
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