Editing Internet censorship in China (section)

===Self-regulation===
Internet censorship in China has been called "a [[Panopticon (Internet culture)|panopticon]] that encourages [[self-censorship]] through the perception that users are being watched."<ref name="truefire">{{cite web|url= http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/chinas-eye-internet-fraud-14190.html|title= China's 'Eye on the Internet' a Fraud|access-date= 12 September 2007|website= ScienceBlog.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070915003116/http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/chinas-eye-internet-fraud-14190.html|archive-date= 15 September 2007|url-status= dead}}</ref> On 16 March 2002, the [[Internet Society of China]], a self-governing Chinese Internet industry body,<ref>{{cite book|last=Tai|first=Zixue|title=The Internet in China: cyberspace and civil society|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=978-0-415-97655-8|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-95XzS7l8QC&q=public+pledge+on+self-discipline+for+chinese+internet+industry+google&pg=PT123|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824001634/https://books.google.com/books?id=I-95XzS7l8QC&pg=PT123&lpg=PT123&dq=public+pledge+on+self-discipline+for+chinese+internet+industry+google&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> launched the [[Public Pledge on Self-Discipline for the Chinese Internet Industry]], an agreement between the Chinese Internet industry regulator and companies that operate sites in China. In signing the agreement, web companies pledge to identify and prevent the transmission of information that Chinese authorities deem objectionable, including information that "breaks laws or spreads superstition or obscenity", or that "may jeopardize state security and disrupt social stability".<ref>{{cite news|first1=Bruce|last1=Einhorn|first2=Ben|last2=Elgin|title=The Great Firewall of China|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_04/b3968055.htm|access-date=11 December 2011|newspaper=Business Week magazine|date=23 January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114052610/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_04/b3968055.htm|archive-date=14 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kine|first=Phelim|title=China's Internet Crackdown|url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/05/27/china-internet-web-censor-surveillance-technology-security-google-yahoo-green-dam.html|access-date=11 December 2011|newspaper=Forbes|date=27 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118123703/http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/27/china-internet-web-censor-surveillance-technology-security-google-yahoo-green-dam.html|archive-date=18 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Alfred|first=Hermida|title=Behind China's internet Red Firewall|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2234154.stm|access-date=11 December 2011|newspaper=BBC|date=3 September 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624104558/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2234154.stm|archive-date=24 June 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2006, the pledge had been signed by more than 3,000 entities operating websites in China.<ref>{{cite book|last=Karatzogianni|first=Athina|title=The politics of cyberconflict|year=2006|publisher=Routledge Taylor & Francis|location=London|isbn=978-0-415-39684-4|page=135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fiKPBQe3A8UC&pg=PA135|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824001631/https://books.google.com/books?id=fiKPBQe3A8UC&pg=PA135&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

Internet platforms like [[Sina Corporation|Sina]] and [[Tencent QQ|QQ]] are not authorized to broadcast news or conduct interviews.<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last=Li |first=David Daokui |title=China's World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict |date=2024 |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |isbn=978-0393292398 |location=New York, NY |author-link=David Daokui Li}}</ref>{{Rp|page=158}} In practice, such platforms do so with self-constraint, avoiding publicizing news which could run counter to the government.<ref name=":03" />{{Rp|page=158}}