The website of Qiushi recently posted an article on its forum discussing the need for a “gatekeeper” for online media. It emphasized the growing importance of China’s online media, as the netizen population is 457 million, topping all other countries in the world. The author believes that the Internet has a large amount of “junk” information that pollutes people’s minds, especially young people. “Society needs a healthy, proactive, and high quality online environment, and needs ‘gatekeepers’ for online media.” The “gatekeepers” should “filter and monitor the accuracy, reliability, and objectivity of information, and select beneficial information for the audience from the jungle of cyberspace, so as to avoid a flood of information and misleading the netizens.” The “gatekeepers” include not only online journalists and editors, but also government supervision agencies. The netizens should also improve their capabilities of being “gatekeepers.” 

Source: Qiushi, February 21, 2011
http://bbs.qstheory.cn/bbs/thread-44727-1-1.html

Hu Jintao, chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently signed an order to promulgate the newly revised “Regulations of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on Secrecy,” which will take effect on May 1, 2011. The new regulations redefine military secrets and require designated personnel to define, decode, and reevaluate security. They add a requirement to build an infrastructure to process security information as well as to ensure safety for Internet and mobile phone use. They establish guidelines for handling secrecy leaks based on job function and related law requirements. They also clarify responsibilities among security committee members, military personnel, and various management and administration levels.

Source: Xinhua, April 1, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-04/01/c_121259548.htm