Thursday, November 6, 2014

Translation: Self-Discipline Commitment Letter on Administration of Discussion and Commentary

Self-Discipline Commitment Letter on Administration of Discussion and Commentary

In order to thoroughly implement the rule-the-country-with-law spirit of the Fourth Plenum of the 18th  Party Congress and fulfill the requirements of the State Internet Information Office of "operating the Internet in accordance with the law, managing the Internet in accordance with the law, going online in accordance with the law," this website hereby publicly makes the following commitments in order to perfect administration of discussion and commentary self-discipline:

1. As used herein, discussion and commentary services refers to using online interactive publishing technology platforms to provide services to allow users to publicize comments and opinions about any kind of information published on this website (including without limitation voice, text, images, audio, and video information).

2. This website will endeavor to ensure that views exchanged in comments and opinions are civil, rational, amicable, and of high quality. While encouraging the development of comments and opinions, it will ceaselessly strengthen related information security management capabilities, perfect self-discipline for comments and opinions, thoroughly carry out its social responsibilities, respect the nation's laws and regulations, respect the legal rights and interests of citizens, and respect social order and common decency.

3. This website will insist upon users registering their accounts with real identity information when utilizing commenting and opinion services.

4. This website commits, and will require of its users, that utilization of commenting and opinion services shall voluntarily obey and shall not violate the "Seven Bottom Lines" of Laws and Regulations, the Socialist System, the National Interest, Citizens' Legal Rights and Interests, Social Order, Moral Norms, and Factual Information.

5. This website commits, and will require of its users, that the following information shall not be published:

(i) violating the basic principles of the Constitution;
(ii) jeopardizing national security, divulging state secrets, subverting the government, undermining national unity;
(iii) harming national honor and interests;
(iv) inciting ethnic hatred or ethnic discrimination, undermining ethnic unity;
(v) inciting regional bias or regional hatred;
(vi) violating state religion policies or propagating cults and feudal superstitions;
(vii) spreading rumors, disturbing social order, or undermining social stability;
(viii) spreading obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, murder, terror or instigating crimes;
(ix) insulting or libeling others or infringing on other people's legal rights and interests;
(x) intimidating or threatening others, conducting online vigilantism;
(xi) publicizing private information of anyone under the age of 18 without the written authorization from their legal guardian;
(xii) spreading filthy speech or harming social order or the public good;
(xiii) infringing on the intellectual property of others;
(xiv) spreading commercial advertisements or similar commercial solicitation information;
(xv) using language other than the language normally used to make comments on this website;
(xvi) information completely unrelated to the information being commented upon;
(xvii) information that is completely meaningless or using words intended to deliberately circumvent technical screening measures;
(xix) containing information prohibited under other laws and administrative regulations.

6. With respect to users who violate the foregoing commitments, this website shall, based on the circumstances, undertake administrative measures including issuing a warning, blocking publication, deleting posts, temporarily suspending commenting, or permanently shutting down accounts. With respect to those cases involving comments and opinions that violate the law, its shall retain information and make timely reports when subjected to investigation by relevant government agencies.

7. This website commits that it shall improve public reporting platforms, and welcome users oversight to report all kinds of illegal publishing activities and illegal harmful information in order to build clean and bright Internet spaces together.

跟帖评论自律管理承诺书

为深入贯彻十八届四中全会依法治国的精神,落实国家互联网信息办公室“依法管网、依法办网、依法上网”的要求,本网站为完善跟帖评论自律管理,现公开作出如下承诺:

 一、本网站所称跟帖评论服务,是指通过运营网络互动传播技术平台,供用户对本网站传播的各类信息发表评论意见(包括但不限于语音、文字、图片、音频、视频等信息)的服务。
   
二、本网站致力使跟帖评论成为文明、理性、友善、高质量的意见交流。在推动跟帖评论业务发展的同时,不断加强相应的信息安全管理能力,完善跟帖评论自律,切实履行社会责任,遵守国家法律法规,尊重公民合法权益,尊重社会公序良俗。
   
三、本网站坚持用户以真实身份信息注册账号、使用跟帖评论服务。
   
四、本网站承诺、并诚请所有用户,使用跟帖评论服务将自觉遵守不得逾越法律法规、社会主义制度、国家利益、公民合法权益、社会公共秩序、道德风尚和信息真实性等“七条底线”。
   
五、本网站承诺、并诚请所有用户不发表下列信息:
    (一)反对宪法确定的基本原则的;
    (二)危害国家安全,泄露国家秘密,颠覆国家政权,破坏国家统一的;
    (三)损害国家荣誉和利益的;
    (四)煽动民族仇恨、民族歧视,破坏民族团结的;
    (五)煽动地域歧视、地域仇恨的;
    (六)破坏国家宗教政策,宣扬邪教和迷信的;
    (七)散布谣言,扰乱社会秩序、破坏社会稳定的;
    (八)散布淫秽、色情、赌博、暴力、凶杀、恐怖或者教唆犯罪的;
    (九)侮辱或者诽谤他人,侵害他人合法权益的;
    (十)对他人进行暴力恐吓、威胁,实施人肉搜索的;
    (十一)未获得未满18周岁未成年人法定监护人的书面同意,传播该未成年人的隐私信息的;
    (十二)散布污言秽语,损害社会公序良俗的;
    (十三)侵犯他人知识产权的;
    (十四)散布商业广告,或类似的商业招揽信息;
    (十五)使用本网站常用语言文字以外的其他语言文字评论的;
    (十六)与所评论的信息毫无关系的;
    (十七)所发表的信息毫无意义的,或刻意使用字符组合以逃避技术审核的;
    (十八)法律、法规和规章禁止传播的其他信息。
   
六、对违反上述承诺的用户,本网站将视情况采取预先警示、拒绝发布、删除跟帖、短期禁止发言直至永久关闭账号等管理措施。对涉嫌违法犯罪的跟帖评论将保存在案、并在接受有关政府部门调查时如实报告。
   
七、本网站承诺,完善公众举报平台,欢迎用户监督举报各类不法传播活动和违法有害信息,以共同营造清朗的网络空间。
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